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GENEALOGY
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1917

THE

NEW ENGLAND
HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL

1917

Volume LXXI

PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY

AT THE ROBERT HENRY EDDY MEMORIAL ROOMS

9 ASHBURTON PLACE, BOSTON

1917

Suiter
HENRY EDWARDS SCOTT

Publishing (lommitttt

JAMES PARKER PARMENTER JOHN WALLACE SUTER

HOSEA STARR BALLOU ALFRED JOHNSON

G. ANDREWS MORIARTY, Jb. GEORGE RITCHIE MARVIN

HENRY EDWARDS SCOTT

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INDEX OF SUBJECTS

Note. — Roman numerals refer to the pages of the Supplement

Abbe, Cleieland and J. O. NichoU Abbe-
Abbey genealogy, in memory of John
Abbe and his descendents noticed 191

Abbey tgenealogy, descendants of John, by
C. Abbe and J. G. Nichols noticed 191

Adams, Mass., Friends' records 360

Albany, N. Y., deeds, 1678-1704, voL 2, in
New York State Library History, bul-
letin 9 noticed 96

Alexander, John W., memoir, by John G. Agar
noticed 95

ALMY and variants

Almy, Amie, win 1626 313

Henry, will 1590 312

Margaret, will 1680 316

William, ancestry, English 310
Allmey, Christopher, will 1624 314
Allmt, William, will 1660 315
Aixmye, Christopher, will 1601 312

Thomas, will 1623 313

William, will 1646 315

Almet, Christopher, will 1680 316

Robert, will 1691 316
Almeye, Robert, win 1582 311

Aijjie, William, wfll 1587 311

William, wffl 1629 314
Awlmt, Robert, wffl 1596 312

Almy baptisms, marriages, and burials from

English parish registers 317
pedigree, descendants of John, of Ashby

Magna, co. Leicester, Eng. 324
pedigree, descendants of John of Dunton-

Bassett, co. Leicester, Eng. 319
pedigree, descendants of Robert, of Dunton-

Bassett, co. Leicester, Eng. 322
American Irish Historical Society, journals,

vol. 1, nos. 1 and 2 noticed 97
Amesbury, Mass., and Salisbury, Mass., his-
tory, old families, vol. 3, by D. W. Hoyt

noticed 290
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of

Massachusetts, 277th annual record

noticed 290
Andrews, Frank De Wette Burials in the Old

Stone Fort cemetery at Schoharie, N. Y.

noticed 290
Andrews genealogy, descendants of John', of

Ipswich, Mass., and Norwich, Conn.,

by H. A. GoodeU noticed 94
Annapolis, N. 3. (Port Royal), expedition,

1710, account of the treasurer of the

Colony of Rhode Island noticed 193
Appleton genealogy, descendants of William

and Maxv A., by S. M. Loring noticed

287
Atlantic County, X. J., history noticed 369
Awlmy, see Almy
Ayer, Mrs. Marguerite Levering (Woods),

notice lv

Ayres genealogy, family of Fairfield co., Conn.,
by J. N. States noticed 94

Bachiler, Rev. Stephen, memoir, by V. G.

Sanborn noticed 288
Bailey, Hollis Russell The beginning of the

First Church in Cambridge noticed 370
Baker, Frank, memoir noticed 193

Fred Abbott Genealogical record. Rev.

Nicholas Baker (1610-1678) and his

descendants noticed 368
Baker genealogy, descendants of Nicholas, by

F. A. Baker noticed 368

Balch, Edwin Swift Elise Willing Balch, in
memoriam noticed 289 ,

Elise Willing, memoir, by E. S. Balch noticed

289
Thomas Willing The Philadelphia assem-
blies noticed 194

Baldwin, Thomas Williams Vital records of

Cohasset, Mass., to the year 1850 noticed

289
Vital records of Northbridge, Mass., to the

year 1850 noticed 290
Vital records of Uxbridge, Mass., to the

year 1850 noticed 194
Ball genealogy, descendants of Allen, by L. A.

Bradley noticed 192
Ballord, Esek Steere, notice xli
Bangor Historical Society, proceedings, 1914-

1915 noticed 97

Banks, Gen. Nathaniel Prentice, memoir noticed

96
Barnes, Abel Tuttle, notice xxxvii

Bartlett, Edwin Julius The descendants of
Samuel Colcord Bartlett and Eleanor
Pettengill, his wife, of Salisbury, N. H.,
to November 1, 1915 noticed 192
Joseph Gardner The English home and
ancestry of Richard Seamer or Semer
of Hartford, Conn. 105

Bartlett genealogy, descendants of Samuel G.,
by E. J. Bartlett noticed 192

Barton, Benjamin Smith, memoir, by E. F.
Smith noticed 96

BaskervUl, Patrick Hamilton The Hamiltons
of Burnside, N. G., and their ancestors
and descendants noticed 94

Bates Bulletin, vol. 5, no. 2, series 2 noticed 368

Baxter, Hon. James Phinney, address before
N. E. Hist. Gen. Society 1917 xi

Bevier, Katharine The Bevier family; a his-
tory of the descendants of Louis Bevier
noticed 192

Bevier genealogy, descendants of Louis, by
K. Bevier noticed 192

Biddeford, Me., vital records 123 211

Biography, American, cyclopedia, vols. 1 and
2, published under the direction of The
American Historical Society noticed 289

Index of Subjects

Blake, Francis Everett, memoir with portrait

and autograph 3
Blake-Torrey genealogy, ancestry of Nathan

and Susan (.Torrey) Blake, by A. T.

Blake Fenno Gendrot noticed 192

Bliss, Edward Penniman, memoir noticed 369

Blodgett, Isaac Dimond, notice lxv

Bloomfield, Conn., church records 74 153 271
295

Blue, Charles Francis Biography of Alexander

Fader noticed 369
Bolles, Dr. William Palmer, notice adix

Bolton, Charles Knovles Francis Everett
Blake, LL.D. 3

Boston, Mass., history, by R. Shackleton
noticed 194
St. Paul's Cathedral, site of, and its neigh-
borhood, by R. M. Lawrence noticed
97

Bowen, Charles Wetter, notice lx

Boyd genealogy, descendants of James, in
preparation 93

Bradley, Leonard Abram History of the Ball
family: genealogy of the New Haven
branch, Allen Ball and some of his
descendants, 1638-1864 noticed 192

Bridgewater, Mass., vital records to 1850,
vol. 1, births noticed 97
vital records to 1850, vol. 2, marriages and
deaths noticed 97

Brown, Ernest W. Biographical memoir of
George William Hill, 1838-1914 noticed
96

Brown genealogy, descendants of Ephraim,
1637-1916, in Early years on the
Western Reserve, by 6. C. Wing noticed
94

Browne, William Bradford The Peterson fam-
ily of Duxbury, Mass. noticed 192
Records of the Society of Friends at East
Hoosuck (Adams), Mass. 360

Budd family, pedigree of Merritt L., by E. H.
Lum noticed 287

Bunker Hill Monument Association, proceed-
ings 1916 noticed 97

Butterfield, Brig.-Gen. Franklin George, notice

Till

California, University of, graduates, directory,
1864-1916 noticed 193

Cambridge, Mass., First Church, history, by
H. R. Bailey noticed 370

Cambridge Historical Society, publications 9,
proceedings, 1914 noticed 194

Cary, John, descendants, bulletin, no. 19, new
series noticed 94

Chamberlain, George Walter The English an-
cestry of William Almy of Portsmouth,
R. I. 310
Report of the Committee on Collection of
Records xx

Chase Chronicle, vol. 7, no. 4 noticed 94; vol.

8, no. 1 noticed 192; vol. 8, no. 3 noticed

368
Chauncey, Charles, notice li
Elihu, notice liii

Cheever, Dr. David Williams, memoir, by
G. W. Gay noticed 96

Chelmsford, Mass., history, by W. Waters
noticed 370

Clay, Hiland Henry Genealogy and history
of the Clay family noticed 192

Clay genealogy, by H. H. Clay noticed 192

Clinch County, Ga., history, by F. Huxford
noticed 370

Clough genealogy, descendants of John 188

Coats of arms, see Heraldry

Cohan genealogy, by W. H. L. McCourtie

noticed 94
Cohasset, Mass., vital records to 1850, by

T. W. Baldwin noticed 289
Comstock, John M. The Congregational

churches of Vermont and their ministry,

1762-1914, historical and statistical

noticed 289
Connecticut, record commissioner, report, 1916

noticed 370
Cook genealogy, descendants of Elijah B. and

Charity L., by Mrs. Wm. H. Cortright

noticed 287
genealogy, family of Ellis of Southampton,

L. I., edited by A S. Cook noticed 94
Coolidge, Henry Dingley and J. W. Kimball

Manual for the use of the General Court,

1917 noticed 370

Cornell University, history and biography, by
M. E. Poole noticed 369 '

Cornish, N. H, deaths, 1811-1815 338

Cortright, Mrs. William H. Elijah B. Cook,
bom Sept. 11, 1759, and his wife, Char-
ity Lockwood Cook noticed 287

Corwin, Rev. Dr. Edward Tanjore Ecclesi-
astical records, State of New York, vol.
7, index noticed 289

Crary, Jerry Ancestors and descendants of
Calvert Crary and his wife, Eliza Hill ,
Liberty, N. Y. noticed 369
Ancestors and descendants of Richard Dun-
ham and his wife, Laura Allen noticed
287

Crary genealogy, ancestors and descendants of
Calvert Crary and his wife, Eliza Hill,
by J. Crary noticed 369

Crook genealogy, by C. H. Leavitt noticed 921

Cunningham genealogy, descendants of Robert,
bulletin, no. 3, 1917 noticed 369

Dall, William Healey Biographical memoir
of Theodore Nicholas Gill, 1837-1914
noticed 96

Damon, Frank Herbert, notice liv

Dana, Charles Sumner, notice lviii
Deliverance, note 284

Dana genealogy, descendants of Richard, in
preparation 287

Darling, Mrs. Deborah Jane Spaulding (Pom-
eroy), notice li

Daughters of the American Revolution, see
Society of the Daughters of the Amer-
ican Revolution

Davis, Hon. Horace, notice lvi

Walter Goodwin The ancestry of Charity
Haley, 1755-1800, wife of Maj. Nicholas
Davis of Limington, Me. noticed 287

Davidson, John, reminiscences, by A. Johnson
noticed 193

Davison, William Henry, notice xliv

Davison Bible records 284

Day, Addison Lyman, notice lv

Dedham, Mass., Revolutionary soldiers, list
noticed 289

Delano, Jabez, wife of, notice 367

Dewey, Mrs. Sally, records of deaths at Middle-
bury, Vt., kept by 44 115
Dr. Willis Alonzo Record of deaths kept
by Mrs. Sally Dewey of Middlebury, Vt.
44 115

Dudley, Gov. Joseph, memoir, by A. Jones
noticed 289

Index of Subjects

Dunham genealogy, ancestors and descendants
of Richard and his wife, Laura (Allen),
by J. Crary noticed 287

Dwight, Richard Henry Winslow Report of
the Committee on Increase of Member-
ship rvi

East Charlotte, Vt., epitaphs 353

East Hoosuck, Mass., see Adams

Eastman, Clarence Willis An account of some

of the ancestors of Harry Thompson

and Myra Hull, noticed 288
Eaton, Rev. Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Old

Boston families, number five, the Hali-

burton family 57
Edes, Grace Williamson Memoir of William

Cross Williamson, A.M. noticed 289
Edmonds, John Henry Frederick Lewis Gay,

A.B. 99; noticed 369
Elliott, Mary Ann Thompson genealogy, the

descendants of William and Margaret

Thomson, 1720-1915 noticed 95
Elwell, Levi Henry, notice lxix
Emerson genealogy, family of Haverhill, Mass.,

part 2, by C. H. Pope noticed 94
Endicott, notice of family 91
England, genealogical research in 19 166 227

324
Eno, Joel Nelson Connecticut cemetery in-
scriptions 176 200 337

Ensign, Hon. Charles Sidney Report of the
Council iv

Epps, notice of family 91

Fader, Alexander, biography, by C. F. Blue
noticed 369

Felch genealogy, descendants of Henry, in
preparation 287

Fenwick genealogy, ancestry of Thomas Fen-
wick, by E. J. Sellers noticed 94

Ferris, Morris P. Notes on the Messenger and
Hendrickson f amili es noticed 288

Fogg, Franklin, notice lxiv

Folsom genealogy, descendants of John, 7th

annual reunion noticed 287
Fowler, Arthur Presbrey, notice liii
Fox Family News, voL 5, nos. 1-6 noticed 192
French, Elizabeth Genealogical research in

England 19 227
Fuller, George Newman Economic and social

beginnings of Michigan noticed 289

Gannett genealogy, descendants of Benjamin
and Deborah (Sampson) noticed 192

Gardiner, Sarah Diodati and Mary Perkins
Quincy, letters, 1890-1910 noticed 289

Gamier, see Gumee

Gay, Ernest Lewis, notice lxvi

Frederick Lewis, memoir with portrait and

autograph 99; noticed 369
Dr. George W. Memorial address: David

Williams Cheever, A.M., M.D., LL.D.

noticed 96
Dr. Warren Fisher, notice lix

Gefford, see Gifford

Gendrot, Almira Torrey Blake Fenno The
ancestry and allied families of Nathan
Blake 3rd and Susan (Torrey) Blake,
early residents of East Corinth, Vt.
noticed 192

Gibbs, John, record of family 285

GIFFORD and variants

Geffobd, Thomas, will 1511 170

Gtffobde, Roger, will 1544 170

Gifford genealogical notice of descendants of
John 174

Gill, Theodore Nicholas, memoir, by W. H.

Dall noticed 96
Goodell, Mrs. Harriet Andross John 2 Andrews

of Ipswich, Mass., and Norwich, Conn.,

and some of his descendants noticed 94
GooJrin, Charles Bailey, notice liv
Greenlaw, William Prescott Report of the

Librarian xxi

Greenwood, Isaac John Captain John Man-
ley, second in rank in the United States
Navy, 1776-1783 noticed 289

Gurnee genealogy, descendants of Isaac, in
preparation 191

Gyfforde, see Gifford

Hadley, Chalmers Notes on the Quaker family

of Hadley noticed 287
Hadley genealogy, descendants of Simon, by

C. Hadley noticed 287

Haley genealogy, ancestry of Charity Haley,

1755-1800, by W. G. Davis noticed 287
Haliburton genealogy, descendants of Andrew

of Boston, Mass. 57
Hamilton genealogy, family of Burnside, N. C,

by P. H. Baskervill noticed 94
Hammond, Otis Grant History of the seal and

flag of the State of New Hampshire

noticed 96
Tories of New Hampshire in the War of

the Revolution noticed 290
Hampton, N. H., grantees and settlement, by

V. C. Sanborn noticed 370

Hardon, Henry Winlhrop Huckins family.
Robert Huckins of the Dover Combi-
nation and some of his descendants
noticed 94

Harvard University, Class of 1863, memoirs

1916-1917 noticed 369
Class of 1885, report of secretary, 1915-1916

noticed 193
Class of 1891, report of secretary, 1916

noticed 193
Class of 1901, report of secretary, 1916, bio-
graphical sketches noticed 289
commencement days, 1642-1916, list, by

A. Matthews noticed 97
Haseltine, Charles Field, notice xxxviii
Hasey genealogical notice of family of Abraham

and Jemima 187
Hawes, James William No. 31. Library of

Cape Cod history and genealogy.

Thomas Howes of Yarmouth, Mass.,

and some of his descendants, together

with the Rev. John Mayo, allied to him

by marriage noticed 192
Heard genealogy, descendants of Augustine,

by T. F. Waters noticed 287
Hendrickson and Messenger genealogy, by

M. P. Ferris noticed 288
Heraldry, coat of arms, recording of 93 190

286 367
Hesseltine, Lieut.-Col. Francis Snow, notice

xlvii
Heyer, Rev. William Carl A brief monograph

with reference to the mother of the

leading family [Muhlenberg] noticed 288

Hicks, Rev. Lewis Wilder Memoirs of the
N. E. Hist. Gen. Society xxxvii
Report of the Historian xxxiv
Hill, George William, memoir, by E. W. Brown
noticed 96
Lew Cass Report of the Treasurer xxv
Homer genealogy, descendants of John, in
preparation 93

Index of Subjects

Hopkins genealogy, descendants of John, in

preparation 191
Howe, Archibald Murray, notice xliii
Howes genealogy, descendants of Thomas, by

J. W. Hawes noticed 192
Hoyt, David Webster The old families of

Salisbury and Amesbury, Mass., vol. 3

noticed 290
Huckins genealogy, descendants of Robert, by

H. W. Hardon noticed 94
Hudson, Daniel and Richard Joslyn, bill of

complaint, 1646 230 231
Huguenot Society of South Carolina, transac-
tions, no. 22 noticed 290
Hunt, Frederick Thayer, notice xlix
Huzford, Folks History of Clinch co., Ga.,

revised to date noticed 370
Hyde, Hettie Palmer The Palmer family

lineage noticed 288
Samuel, wife, notice 284
Hyde genealogy, descendants of Jonathan of

Newton, Mass. 257 342
genealogy, descendants of Samuel of Newton,

Mass. 144

Ipswich Historical Society, publications, vol.

21 noticed 98
Isbister genealogy in preparation 368

Jacobus, Donald Lines Morris families of
Western Connecticut 5

Joceline, see Josselyn

Jocelyn, see Josselyn

Jocelyne, see Josselyn

Johnson, Alfred Reminiscences of John David-
son, a Maine pioneer noticed 193
Report of the Committee on Papers and
Essays sxi

Jones, Augustine Historical pamphlet no. 10.
Joseph Dudley, 9th governor of Massa-
chusetts noticed 289

Jordan, John W. Encyclopedia of Pennsyl-
vania biography, 6 vols, noticed 96

JOSSELYN and variants

Josselyn, Dorothy, will 1583

John, will 1526 20

Philip, will 1530 21

Ralph, will 1525 20

Ralph, will 1632 28

Thomas, Sir, will 1564 22
Joceline, Christopher, will 1605

Simon, will 1656 30
Jocelyne, John, will 1604 25
Joscelin, Henry, will 1588 23

Simon, answer to bill of complaint of Daniel
Hudson and Richard Joslyn, 1646 231
Josltn, John, will 1597 24

Thomas, will 1606 26
Josline, Henry, will 1611 28
Joslyn, Joseph, will 1645 30

Margaret, will 1620 28

Richard and Daniel Hudson, bill of com-
plaint, 1646 230 231
Joslynne, John, will 1602 24
Josselin, Ralph, will 1657 30

Rev. Ralph, diary, 1644-1647
will 1683 31
Josslyn, Simond, will 1579 22
Josselyn baptisms, marriages,

from English parish registers

coat of arms, description 235

genealogy, descendants of Sir Gilbert 236

records of family from English records 227

Keith, Clayton Sketch of the Lampton family
in America, 1740-1914 noticed 95

233

and burials
32

Kidder fund, report of trustees for 1916 xrv

Kidder genealogy, descendants of James, in
preparation 93

Kimball, James W. and H. D. Coolidge Man-
ual for the use of the General Court,
1917 noticed 370

Kinne, Manuel, records of deaths at Plainfield,
Conn., kept by 133

Kinnear genealogy, by E. S. White and M. H.
Maltby noticed 95

Kittery, Me., naming of 89; noticed 194

Knickerbacker-Viele genealogy, by K. K. Viele
noticed 95

Lampton genealogy, by C. Keith noticed 95
Lancaster, Mass., First Church, historical

sketch, by M. F. Safford noticed 97
Lawrence, Dr. Robert Means The site of

Saint Paul's Cathedral, Boston, and its

neighborhood noticed 97
Leach, Frank Willing Certain black-letter

days in the life of William Penn noticed

369

Leavitt, Charles B. The Crook family noticed
192

Lee, Col. Jeremiah, ancestry and descendants,
by T. A. Lee noticed 192
Sarah Fiske Records of the church at New

Ipswich, N. H., 1764-1773 357
Thomas Amory Colonel Jeremiah Lee, pa-
triot noticed 192

Libby, Charles Thornton The naming of Kit-
tery, Me. noticed 194

Linsford, notice of family 91

Locke, Arthur Horton A history and genealogy
of Capt. John Locke (1627-1696] of
Portsmouth and Rye, N. H., and his
descendants, also of Nathaniel Locke
of Portsmouth, and a short account of
the history of the Lockes in England
noticed 95

Locke genealogy, descendants of John and
Nathaniel, by A. H Locke noticed 95

Longley, Alice Descendants of William Long-
ley of Lynn, Mass., in 1635 noticed 95
James, notice lii

Longley genealogy, descendants of William, by
A. Longley noticed 95

Loring, Susan Mason William and Mary Ann
Appleton, 1815, and their descendants,
1915 noticed 287

Loud, John Jacob, notice lviii

Loyalists, American, of New Hampshire, his-
tory, by W. H. Siebert noticed 194
American, Tories of New Hampshire in the
War of the Revolution, by O. G. Ham-
mond noticed 290

Lum, Edward H. A brief pedigree of Merritt
Lum Budd, Jr. noticed 287

Lynn Historical Society, register, 1915 noticed
194

McClintock, Emory, notice lv
McCourtie, William Herbert Lee

alogy noticed 94
Mackernes, see Makernes
Maister, see Master
MAKERNES and variants
Makernes, Elizabeth, will 1533
George, will 1618 328
Joan, will 1601 326
John, will 1515 324
Peter, will 1659 330
Richard, will 1599 326
Richard, will 1602 327
Thomas, will 1546 325

Cohan gene-

325

Index of Subjects

Makernes cont'd

William, will 1612 327

William, will 1616 328

William, will 1629 328

Mackernes, Richard, will 1632 328

Maxernesb, Henry, will 1636 329

Makernes baptisms, marriages, and burials
from parish registers of Finedon, co.
Northampton, Eng., 1539-1630 330
genealogy, descendants of John of Finedon,
co. Northampton, Eng. 333

Maiden Historical Society, register, 1915-1916
noticed 98

Maltby, Martha Humphreys and E. S. Whiis
The Kinnears and their kin noticed 95

Manley, Capt. John, memoir, by I. J. Green-
wood noticed 289

Manton, Edward Records of the Manton
family, 1750-1914 noticed 95

Manton genealogy, by E. Manton noticed 95

Massachusetts, biography, 4 vols., 1916 noticed

Court, General, acts, general, 1916 noticed

193

acts and resolves, special, 1916 noticed 193

manual for the use of, 1917, by H. D. Cool-

idge and J. W. Kimball noticed 370
flag, history noticed 370
record commissioner, report, 1916, by H. E.
Woods noticed 289

Massachusetts Ancient and Honorable Artillery
Company, see Ancient and Honorable
Artillery Company of Massachusetts

Massachusetts, Colonial Society of, publica-
tions, vol. 18 noticed 370

MASTER and variants

Master, John, notice 175

Maisteb, John, will 1559 171

Matthews, Albert Harvard commencement
days, 1642-1916 noticed 97

Melrose Historical Society, by-laws, member-
ship, annual report, 1916 noticed 290

Merritt, Douglas Revised Merritt records
noticed 192

Merritt genealogy, revised edition, by D.
Merritt noticed 192

Messenger and Hendrickson genealogy, by
M. P. Ferris noticed 288

Michigan, history, economic and social begin-
nings, by G. N. Fuller noticed 289

Middlebury, Vt., deaths, 1804-1874 44 115

TWiTham genealogy, descendants of Simon, in
preparation 368

Moore, Mrs. Anna Buckham (Wright), notice
xliv

Moriarty, George Andrews, Jr., Genealogical re-
search in England 324
Report of the Corresponding Secretary

Morris, William, notice 19

Morris genealogy, descendants of Richard of

Milford, Conn. 16
genealogy, descendants of Thomas of New

Haven, Conn. 5
Morrison, George Austin, notice lxvii
Morse, Edward S. Frederick Ward Putnam,

1839-1915, an appreciation noticed 96

Mount Vernon, Va., Mount Vernon mansion,
history, by P. WUstach noticed 97

Muhlenberg genealogy, by W. C. Heyer noticed
288

National Genealogical Society Quarterly, vol.
6, no. 1 noticed 290

National Society of Daughters of Founder!

and Patriots of America, lineage book,

vol. 6 noticed 194
National Society of the Sons of the American

Revolution, yearbook, 1916 noticed 98

New Ashford, Mass, vital records to 1850
noticed 97

New England Historic Genealogical Society,

address, by Hon. James Phinney Baxter,

1917 xi
charter and enabling acts brrii
Committee on Collection of Records, report

for 1916 rr
Committee on English Research, report for

1916 xvii
Committee on Epitaphs, report for 1916 xx
Committee on Finance, report for 1916 xv
Committee on Heraldry, report for 1916 xix
Committee on Increase of Membership, re-
port for 1916 xvi
Committee on the Library, report for 1916

xix
Committee on Papers and Essays, report for

1916 xxi
Committee on Publications, report for 1916

xvi
Committee on Sale of -Publications, report for

1916 xvi
Committee on Ways and Means, report for

1916 xvi
Corresponding Secretary, report for 1916

xxii
Council, report for 1916 xv
Historian, report for 1916 xxxiv
Librarian, report for 1916 xxi
memoirs for 1915 and 1916 xxxvii
officers and committees for 1917 v
proceedings, 1916 88; 1917 ix 187 283
Treasurer, report for 1916 xxv
New Hampshire, history, by E. S. Stackpole,

vols. 1-4 noticed 193
seal and flag, history of, by O. G. Hammond

noticed 96
New Ipswich, N. H., church records, 1764-1773

357

New Jersey Historical Society, Collections,
vol. 9 noticed 194

New Jersey Society of the Order of the Founders
and Patriots of America, address. The
Jersey Blues, by John Brewer Wight
noticed 290

New York, ecclesiastical records, vol. 7, index,
by E. T. Corwin noticed 289

New York, N. Y., Dyckman house, park, and
museum, historical account noticed 97

New York State Historical Association, pro-
ceedings, vol. 14 noticed 98

Nelson, N. H., Civil War volunteers, names
and services, 1861-1865 noticed 97

Newkirk, Thomas J. Genealogy and history
of the Newkirk, Hamilton, and Bayless
families noticed 288

Newkirk genealogy, by T. J. Newkirk noticed
288

Nichols, Josephine Genung and C. Abbe Abbe-
Abbey genealogy, in memory of John
Abbe and his descendants noticed 191

Norcross, Mrs. Lucy Ann (Lane), notice xlvi

Northbridge, Mass., vital records to 1850, by
T. W. Baldwin noticed 290

Nutting, Dr. David Hubbard, notice lxii

Osborne, Kate Hamilton, S. S. Robeson, and
C. F. Stroud An historical and genea-
logical account of Andrew Robeson of
Scotland, N. J., and Pa., and of his de-
scendants from 1653-1916 noticed 95

Otis, genealogy, birthplace of James,' by
F. W. Sprague noticed 288

Index of Subjects

Palmer genealogy, descendants of Walter, by

H. P. Hyde noticed 288
Parmenter, James Parker Report of the

Committee on Publications xvi
Patch baptisms, marriages, and burials from

parish registers of South Petherton, co.

Somerset, Eng. 166
Patch genealogy, descendants of William of

South Petherton, co. Somerset, Eng.

168
Penhallow, Charles Sherburne Report of the

Committee on English Research xvii
Perm, William, memoir, by F. W. Leach noticed

369
Pennsylvania archives, 7th series, vols. 1-5,

index to 6th series, edited by Thomas

Lynch Montgomery noticed 96
biography, 6 vols., by J. W. Jordan noticed 96
Peterson genealogy, descendants of John of

Duxbury, Mass., by W. B. Browne

noticed 192
Pettingell genealogy, descendants of Richard,

in preparation 287
Philadelphia, Pa., assemblies, history of, by

T. W. Balch noticed 194

Pitman, Theophilus Topham Descendants of
Benjamin Pitman, 5th generation from
Henry Pitman noticed 288

Pitman genealogy, by T. T. Pitman noticed
288

Plainfield, Conn., deaths, 1799-1818 133
epitaphs 33

Pond, Selma Ellis Report of the Committee
on Finance xv

Poole, Dr. Murray Edward A story, historical,
of Cornell University with biographies
of distinguished Cornellians noticed 369

Pope, Rev. Charles Henry The Haverhill
Emersons, part second noticed 94
Willard genealogy, appendix noticed 288

Pope genealogy, descendants of Thomas, by
D. P. Worden and others noticed 369

Port Royal, N. S., see Annapolis

Prindle, Lester Marsh Inscriptions in the
Baptist Corners cemetery, East Char-
lotte, Vt. 353

Prior, Judge John Eben Inscriptions from
gravestones at Plainfield, Conn. 33
Record of deaths kept by Manuel Kinne
of Plainfield, Conn. 133

Putnam, Frederick Ward, memoir, by E. S.
Morse noticed 96

Quincy, Mary Perkins and Sarah Diodati
Gardiner, letters, 1890-1910 noticed 289

Read genealogy, descendants of Esdras, by
A. H. Reed noticed 288

Reade Record, no. 9, 1916 noticed 369

Reed, Axel Hayford Genealogical record of
the Reads, Reeds, the Bisbees, the
Bradfords of the U. S. noticed 288

Reynolds, Alvah Partial genealogy of John
Reynolds, born in England in 1612 (sup-
posedly), sailed from Ipswich County,
Suffolk. A part of his lineage to 1916.
With a chapter of heraldry extending
back to 1327 noticed 192

Reynolds genealogy, descendants of John, by
A. Reynolds noticed 192
meeting of family, 1916 noticed 369

Rice, Melvin Eugene, notice bri

Richardson, John, notice lviii

William Streeter Report of the Committee
on Sale of Publications xvi
Report of the Committee on Ways and
Means xvi

Ripley, William, records of deaths of Cornish,
N. H., 1811-1815, kept by 338

Robeson, Susan Stroud, C. F. Stroud, and
K. H. Osborne An historical and
genealogical account of Andrew Robeson
of Scotland, N. J., and Pa., and of his
descendants, from 1653-1916 noticed 95

Robeson genealogy, descendants of Andrew,
by Robeson, Stroud, and Osborne noticed
95

Robinson, Ida May Addenda to items of
ancestry noticed 95

Robinson genealogy, addenda, by I. M. Rob-
inson noticed 95

Rochester, N. Y., reminiscences of, by A. H.
Strong noticed 97

Rochester [N. Y.] Historical Society, hand-
book, 1916 noticed 194

Rose, Theodore Cuyler The Tousey family in

America noticed 369
Ruscoe, Roger, will 1618 106

William, will 1682 114
Ruscoe genealogy, family of Sawbridgeworth,

co. Herts, Eng. 112

Russell genealogy, descendants of William, in
preparation 191

Rust, Edgar Carter Nathaniel Johnson Rust
195
Nathaniel Johnson, memoir with portrait and
autograph 195

Ryerson, Albert Winslow The Ryerson gene-
alogy. Genealogy and history of the
Knickerbocker families of Ryerson,
Ryerse, Ryerss; also Adriance and
Martense families; all descendants of
Martin and Adriaen Reyersz (Rey-
erszen), of Amsterdam, Holland noticed
95

Ryerson genealogy, by A. W. Ryerson noticed
95

Saco, Me., vital records 123 211
Safford, Marion Fuller Historical sketch of the
First Church of Lancaster noticed 97

Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New
York, genealogical record, voL 2 noticed
194

Salem, Mass., vital records to 1850, vol. 1,
births, Abbot-Lyons noticed 194

Salisbury, Elon Galusha Salisburian, a genea-
logical magazine noticed 288

Salisbury genealogy, in Salisburian, a genea-
logical magazine, by E. G. Salisbury
noticed 288

Salisbury, Conn., vital records, 1768-1800
noticed 97

Salisbury, Mass., and Amesbury, Mass., his-
tory, old families, vol. 3, by D. W. Hoyt
noticed 290

Sanborn, Fra nklin Benjamin, memoir with
portrait and autograph 291
Victor Channing The English ancestry of
the American Sanborns. A supplement
to the Samborne-Sanbom genealogy
noticed 95
Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, A.B. 291
The grantees and settlement of Hampton,

N. H. noticed 370
Stephen Bachiler, an unforgiven Puritan
noticed 288

Sanborn genealogy, the English ancestry of
the American Sanborns, supplement, by
V. C. Sanborn noticed 95

Schoharie, N. Y., epitaphs, by F. D. Andrews
noticed 290

Selleck, William Edwin Selleck memorial
with collateral connections noticed 192

Index of Subjects

■

Selleck genealogy, by W. E. Selleck noticed
192

Sellers, Edwin Jaquett Fenwick allied an-
cestry. Ancestry of Thomas Fenwick
of Sussex co., Del. noticed 94

SEYMOUR and variants

Seymour, George Dudley The English home
and ancestry of Richard Seamer or
Semer of Hartford, Conn. 105; noticed
369

Seamer, John, will 1550 106

Richard, home and ancestry, English 105

Semabe, John, will 1605 106

Seymour, baptisms, marriages, and burials
from English parish registers 107
genealogy, by G. D. Seymour noticed 369
genealogy, descendants of John 108

Shackleton, Robert The book of Boston noticed
194

Shedd, Frank Edson, notice brii

Shedd meeting of family, register, vol. 6,
sixth annual meeting and dedication of
monument to Daniel Shed noticed 288

Sheldon, Hon. George Joseph Stebbins, a
pioneer at the outbreak of the Revo-
lution noticed 96
Hon. George, notice lxviii

Sherman, Bradford Genealogy of the Sher-
man family noticed 95
Frank Dempster, notice Ix

Sherman genealogy, descendants of William,
by B. Sherman noticed 95

Siebert, Wilbur Henry The Loyalist refugees
of New Hampshire noticed 194

Silver, ancient communion, symbolism of, ser-
mon, by F. E. Snow noticed 370

Smith, Edgar Fahs Benjamin Smith Barton,
an American naturalist, address noticed
96
Rev. William Spooner, notice xliii

Snow, Rev. Frederic Elkanah The symbolism
of the ancient communion silver. A
sermon preached in the First Congre-
gational church in Guilford, Feb. 25,
1917 noticed 370

Society of the Cincinnati, Connecticut, papers,
1783-1807 noticed 290
records, 1783-1804 noticed 290

Society of Colonial Daughters of the Seven-
teenth Century, organization, constitu-
tion, by-laws, membership, 1916 noticed
98

Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Con-
necticut, address, by Rev. Dr. William
Douglas Mackenzie noticed 98

Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New
Jersey, yearbook, 1917 noticed 290

Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New
York, yearbook, 1915-1916 noticed 194

Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Ver-
mont, proceedings 1916 noticed 98

Society of the Daughters of the American
Revolution, Samuel Ashley chapter,
Claremont, N. H., officers and members,
1916-1917 noticed 98

Society of Genealogists of London, report,
1915-1916 noticed 98

Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State
of New York, bulletin no. 6, 1917 noticed
290

Society of the Sons of the American Revolu-
tion, Massachusetts, register of members,
records of revolutionary ancestors, etc.
noticed 290

Society of the Sons of the American Revolu-
tion, Michigan, yearbook for 1916, by
R. E. Van Syckle noticed 370

Society of Sons of the Revolution, California,
officers, committees, members, etc., 1917
noticed 290

Sons of the American Revolution, see Society
of the Sons of the American Revolution

Sons of the Revolution, see Society of the Sons
of the Revolution

Soule genealogy, descendants of George, in
preparation 287

Southport, Conn., Congregational church, his-
torical sketch noticed 370

Spear, William Gardner, notice xlvi

Sprague, Francis William Birthplace of the

patriot, James 5 Otis noticed 288
Sprague genealogy, descendants of Ralph, in

preparation 94
Stackpole, Everett Schermerhorn History of

New Hampshire noticed 193

Stallings genealogy, descendants of Abram, in

preparation 94
Standish, Dr. Myles Report of the Committee

on Epitaphs xx

Stark genealogy, descendants of Archibald, in
preparation 191
genealogy, descendants of James, in prepa-
ration 191

States, James Noyes Genealogy of the Ayres

family of Fairfield Co., Conn, noticed 94

Stebbins, Col. Joseph, memoir, by G. Sheldon

noticed 96
Stevens, Dr. William Stanford, notice li
Stevenson, John McAllister, notice 1
Stewart, George Sawin Report of the Com-
mittee on the Library xix

Stockbridge, Elizabeth, parentage, notice 367

Stowell, Hon. William Henry Harrison Four

generations of descendants of Jonathan

Hyde of Newton, Mass. 257 342

Four generations of descendants of Samuel

Hyde of Newton, Mass. 144

Stowell genealogy, descendants of Samuel, in
preparation 191

Strong, Rev. Dr. Augustus Hopkins Remi-
niscences of early Rochester noticed 97

Stroud, Caroline Franciscus, S. S. Robeson, and
K. H. Osborne An historical and
genealogical account of Andrew Robeson
of Scotland, N. J., and Pa., and of his
descendants from 1653-1916 noticed 95

Summerbell, Rev. Carlyle Public activities of
Rev. J. J. Summerbell, D.D. noticed
369

Summerbell genealogy, in Public activities of
Rev. J. J. Summerbell, D.D., by C.
Summerbell noticed 369

Talcott, Mary Kingsbury Records of the

church in Wintonbury parish (now

Bloomfield), Conn. 74 153 271 295
Thayer, Ezra Ripley, memoir noticed 193
Thomas, Alfred Addison, notice xlviii
Thompson, Francis McGee, notice xl
Thompson genealogy, ancestors of Harry

Thompson and Myra Hull, by C. W.

Eastman noticed 288
genealogy, descendants of William and

Margaret Thomson of Conn., by M. A.

Elliott noticed 95
Tilden, Albert Colburn, notice xxxvii
Tories, American, see Loyalists, American
Torrey-Blake genealogy, ancestry of Nathan

and Susan (Torrey) Blake, by A. T.

Blake Fenno Gendrot noticed 192
Tousey genealogy, by T. C. Rose noticed 369

Index of Subjects

Towei Genealogical Society, seventh and eighth
annual reports, 1915-1916 noticed 193

University of Illinois Studies in the Social
Sciences, vol. 5, no. 2 noticed 98

Uxbridge, Mass., vital records to 1850, by
T. W. Baldwin noticed 194

Van Dyke, John Charles The Raritan; notes
on a river and a family noticed 288

Van Dyke genealogy, in The Raritan; notes
on a river and a family, by J. C. Van
Dyke noticed 288

Van Syckle, Raymond Elmoine Yearbook,
Michigan Society Sons of the American
Revolution, 1916 noticed 370

Vermont, Congregational churches, history,
1762-1914, by J. M. Comstock noticed
289

Vermont Historical Society, proceedings, 1913-
1914 noticed 98

Viele, Kathlyne Knickerbocker Sketches of
allied families, Knickerbacker-Viele, his-
torical and genealogical noticed 95

Viele-Knickerbacker genealogy, by K. K. Viele
noticed 95

Vineland Historical Magazine, vol. 1, no. 3
noticed 98

Waller, William, will 1603 106

Ward genealogy, descendants of William, in
preparation 191

Warner genealogy, descendants of Andrew, in
preparation 191

Warren, Col. Albert Cyrus, notice lxvi

Waters, Rev. Thomas Franklin Augustine
Heard and his friends noticed 287
Rev. Wilson History of Chelmsford, Mass.
noticed . 370

Wellman, Hon. Arthur EoVbrook Record of
deaths kept by William Ripley of Cor-
nish, N. H. 338

Westerly [R. I.] Historical Society, records,
papers, and list of members, 1913-1915
noticed 98; 1915-1916 noticed 194

Western Reserve, early years, with extracts
from letters of Ephraim Brown and
family, 1805-1845, by G. C. Wing
noticed 94

Weston, Edmund BrovmeU In memoriam.
My father and my mother, Hon. Ger-
shom Bradford Weston, Deborah Brown-
ell Weston of Duxbury, Mass. noticed
193

Weston cont'd

Hon. Gershom Bradford and Deborah

Brownell Weston, memoirs, by E. B.

Weston noticed 193
Robert Dickson Report of the Committee

on Heraldry m

White, Emma Siggins and M. H. Maliby The
Kinnears and their kin noticed 95
McDonald Ellis, notice lriv
Thomas Earle, notice baii

Willard genealogy, appendix, by C. H. Pope
noticed 288

Willcox, Joseph Ivy Mills [Delaware co., Pa. J,
1729-1866. Willcox and allied families.
Supplement, memoir of Mrs. Mary
Brackett Willcox noticed 288

Willcox genealogy, in Ivy Mills [Delaware co.,
Pa.], 1729-1866. Willcox and allied
families, by J. Willcox noticed 288

Williams, Eleazer, notes 259

Williamson, William Cross, memoir, by G. W.
Edes noticed 289

Wilstach, Paul Mount Vernon, Washington 'e
home and the Nation's shrine noticed 97

Windham, Conn., epitaphs 176 200 337

Wing, George Clary Early years on the West-
ern Reserve, with extracts from letters
of Ephraim Brown and family, 1805-
1845 noticed 94

Wintonbury, Conn., see Bloomfield

Withington genealogy, descendants of Henry,
in preparation 287

Wood, John Waller William Wood (born 1656 )
of Earlsferry, Scotland, and some of his
descendants noticed 288

Wood genealogy, descendants of William, of
Earlsferry, Scotland, by J. W. Wood
noticed 288

Woodbury, Dr. Louis Augustus, notice lvii
Woods, Henry Ernest Twenty-ninth report
of the commissioner of public records,
for the year 1916 noticed 289
Worden, Mrs. Dora Pope and others Gene-
alogy of Thomas Pope (1608-1683) and
his descendants noticed 369

Tale, notice of family 91

Yale College, Class of 1861, biographical notes,
1912-1916 noticed 289

Yates, Edgar Early vital records of Saco and
Biddeford, Me. 123 211

THE
NEW ENGLAND

HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL

JANUARY, 1917
FRANCIS EVERETT BLAKE, LL.D.

By Charles Knowles Bolton, A.B., of Shirley, Mass.

Francis Everett Blake, elected a resident member of the New
England Historic Genealogical Society in 1871 and made a life
member in 1888, died at Worcester, Mass., 14 July 1916. He was
born at Princeton, Mass., 3 August 1839, the son of Pynson and Sally
(Dana) Blake.

Pynson Blake had behind him five generations of Blake ancestors
with the Christian name James, the first being a son of William Blake,
the well-known early settler of Dorchester, Mass. Having kept a
store for a few years at Orange, Mass., Pynson Blake moved in 1824
to Princeton, where he married Sally, daughter of Capt. John and
Lucinda (Mirick) Dana. Of their six children the last two were
twins, Francis Everett and Frederic Dana. While living at Princeton
Pynson Blake was a strong advocate of temperance, and, says his son,
"Believing the use of liquor injurious, he discontinued its sale at his
store at a time when the use of spirits was universal throughout
New England and a staple commodity in every grocery." This
devotion to principle was a strong characteristic of Francis Everett
Blake, whose birth occurred two years before his father moved to the
vicinity of Dorchester Street and Broadway, South Boston.

At the age of thirteen Francis Everett Blake was graduated at the
Boston Latin School, and four years later, in 1856, he became an
office boy in the George W. Wheelwright Paper Company. Here he
advanced by faithful and intelligent service to the position of treas-
urer of the Company, remaining with the firm until ill health forced
him to retire in 1906. After he had been with the firm for ten years,
he married, 27 September 1866, Elizabeth Caroline Richardson, a
friend of his youth and a member of the same church, daughter of
John Drew and Elizabeth (Maynard) Richardson. They had no
children.

Mr. Blake's time was devoted largely to business, his church,
charity, and historical study. In middle life he became greatly
interested in local history, and published in 1884 "Incidents of the
First and Second Settlements of Worcester." This was followed in
1886 by "Rutland and the Indian Troubles of 1723-30." He
published also, in 1893, an authoritative paper on "Lucy Keyes,

VOL. LXXI. 1

4 Francis Everett Blake [Jan.

the Lost Child of Wachusett Mountain," in 1897 a pamphlet called
"Soldiers of the Revolution, Princeton, Mass.," which appeared in
the town report for that year, in 1898 "Increase Blake of Boston, his
Ancestors and Descendants," in 1899 a history of the South Baptist
Church, Boston, and in the same year "Dorchester Neck (now South
Boston): The Raid of British Troops, February 13, 1776." From
time to time he contributed articles to the New England Historical
and Genealogical Register. His chief work, however, was the
preparation of a history of the town of Princeton, which was published
by the town in two volumes in 1915, the first volume being historical
and the second genealogical. To this task he devoted his years of
leisure, equipped as he had become through a long period of study in
early history. The work was exhaustive, accurate, scholarly, and
readable, the result of twenty-five years of labor.

Mr. Blake was a member of the Building Committee of the Ford
Memorial Building in Boston, which was erected in 1905, and there
showed his capacity for business affairs. In the New England
Historic Genealogical Society he was a member of the Committee on
Publications for the years 1885-1888, inclusive, and 1899-1910,
inclusive, a member of the Committee on Memorials for the years
1900-1902, inclusive, and a Councillor for the three years 1894-1896.
As a member of the Co mmi ttee on Publications he gave invaluable
service, sharing freely his practical knowledge of the making of paper
and the printing of books. In the discussion of difficult problems
and in periods of friction he never failed to exhibit qualities of good
temper, patience, and, in the final adjustment, firmness and decision.
He was a constant advocate of sound business principles in all the
organizations to which he belonged, frequently associating with men
who had less practical experience in the world of affairs than had
fallen to his lot.

There was, however, another side to his character, which revealed
itself in his sympathy with the work of the South Baptist Church in
Boston, with which he connected himself at the age of sixteen. The
Watchman for 19 April 1900 has a sketch of Mr. Blake which appeared
at the time when he severed his relations with the South Baptist
Church and joined the First Baptist Church. In the former he was
treasurer, clerk, and Sunday School superintendent. The Watchman
says: "In an unusual degree he bore the financial burdens of the
church and to his reliable judgment and his generosity its excellent
financial record is largely due." His religious experience has been
told in a recent memorial in The Watchman, where Mr. Nathan F.
Til den says of him: "He never lost interest in his friends, nor the
church of God which he loved. A long career of earnest effort and
steadfast Christian character is a rich legacy to those who knew him
in both his public and his private life."

Mr. Blake was also prominently identified with the education of
negroes in Liberia, West Africa. From 1900 to 1914 he was a mem-
ber of the Board of Trustees of Donations for Education in Liberia.
During this period he was in constant correspondence with Mrs.
Sharp at Mount Coffee and with the presidents of Liberia College,
Monrovia. He entered into all their problems with sympathy and

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understanding, and was so much beloved that Liberia College gave
to him in 1913 the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. He kept
the records of the Board of Trustees of Donations from 1910 to 1914,
and was treasurer from 1906 to 1914.

MORRIS FAMILIES OF WESTERN CONNECTICUT

} By Donald Lines Jacobus, M.A., of New Haven, Conn.

I. The Thomas Morris Family of New Haven

A book published in 1853 and entitled "Memoranda of the De-
scendants of Amos Morris, of East Haven, Conn.," gives the line of
Amos 4 Morris (James, 3 Eleazer, 2 Thomas 1 of New Haven, Conn.). A-
more recent compilation, "Genealogy of the Morris Family," pur-
porting to give the descendants of Thomas 1 Morris of New Haven,
deals principally with the line of James 3 Morris (Eleazer, 2 Thomas 1 )
and the progeny of female lines. It is the purpose of the writer of the
following account of the family of Thomas Morris to correct the
inaccuracies of the last-mentioned volume and to set forth the lines
omitted therein.

1. Thomas 1 Morris of New Haven,* who died 21 July 1673,

married Elizabeth , who died, as his widow, in 1681. He was

one of the founders of New Haven, and owned land in that part of
East Haven which was named Morris Cove for his family.

Children, recorded at New Haven:

i. Hannah, 2 bapt. 14 Mar. 1642 [? 1641/2]; m. in 1662 Thomas

Ltjpton of Norwalk.

ii. Elizabeth, bapt. 10 Dec. 1643.

2. iii. John, bapt. 8 Mar. 1646 [? 1645/6].

3. iv. Eleazer, bapt. 29 Oct. 1648.
v. Thomas (twin), b. 3 Oct. 1651; d. young,
vi. Ephraim (twin), b. 3 Oct. 1651; d. young.

4. vii. Joseph, b. 25 Mar. 1656.

2. John 2 Morris (Thomas 1 ), baptized at New Haven 8 Mar. 1646
[? 1645/6], died 10 Dec. 1711 (gravestone at New Haven).
He married, 12 Aug. 1669, Hannah Bishop, born 29 May
1651, died 12 June 1710, daughter of Deputy-Gov. James and
Mary. The "Morris Family" states (p. 74) that prior to

this marriage he married first Ann , who died 4 Dec.

1664; and secondly, 29 Mar. 1665, Elizabeth Harrison, widow
of John [sic] Lyne and John [sic] Lampson; and that by this
second wife he had a son John 3 , born 16 Dec. 1666, founder of
the Morris family of Newark, N. J. A large section of the
book is devoted to the descendants of the Newark family.

* All places mentioned in this article are situated within the present limits of the
State of Connecticut, unless another State or region is indicated in the text or may be
easily inferred from the context.

G Morris Families of Western Connecticut [Jan.

But, in reality, it was another John Morris who settled in
New Haven and married first Ann and secondly Eliza-
beth Harrison, widow of Henry Lyne and Thomas Lampson.
With his second wife he removed to Newark, where he died in
1677, leaving two sons, John and Philip. In 1670 John Morris
and his wife Elizabeth, of Newark, conveyed to Jonathan
Lampson of New Haven land formerly belonging to Thomas
Lampson, father to said Jonathan (New Haven Deeds, vol. 1,
p. 29). Since this was subsequent to the marriage of John 2
Morris (Thomas 1 ) to Hannah Bishop, it proves that John
Morris of Newark was a separate individual from John 2
Morris of New Haven. That John 2 (Thomas 1 ) left only
daughters as surviving issue is abundantly proved by probate
and land records.
Children, recorded at New Haven:

i. A daughter, 3 b. 19 June 1670; d. in 1670.

ii. Hannah, b. 10 Aug. 1671; m. (1) Sebgt. Joseph Smith, b. 14 June

1669, d. in 1713: m. (2) 26 Feb. 1717/18 LrEUT. Joseph Sackett,

b. 3 Mar. 1659/60, d. in 1729.
iii. Maet, b. 9 Sept. 1673; d. in 1743; m. in 1701 John Hemingway,

b. 29 May 1675, d. in 1737.
iv. Elizabeth, b. in 1675; m. (1) William Maltbie; m. (2) John

Davenpokt.
v. Thomas, b. 26 Apr. 1679; d. young,
vi. Abigail, b. 22 Aug. 1683; d. between 1721 and 1729; m. 14 Feb.

1705/6 Sebgt. James Peck, b. in 1679, d. abt. 1761.
vii. Desibe, b. 29 Mar. 1687; m. 4 Mar. 1707/8 Stephen Howell.

3. Eleazer 2 Morris (Thomas 1 ), baptized at New Haven 29 Oct.
1648, died, according to the "Morris Family," 15 Jan. 1709/10.
He married Ann Osborn, born 6 Apr. 1663, died 10 Dec.
1726, daughter of Jeremiah and Mary.

Children:

i. Rebecca, 8 b. 20 June 1682; d. in 1729; m. 23 Dec. 1702 Nathaniel
Hitchcock, b. 28 July 1678, d. 5 Dec. 1726.

ii. John, b. 8 Oct. 1684; d. s.p. 19 Nov. 1744; m. 24 Dec. 1713 Eliza-
beth Alling, b. in Nov. 1691, d. in Apr. 1767, who m. (2) 12 June
1754 Isaac Dickennan.

5. iii. James.
iv. Anna, m. 30 Dec. 1708 Samuel Smith, b. 24 May 1681.

6. v. Eleazer.
vi. Adonijah, removed to Durham, where he d. abt. 1751; m. Sarah

Moulthrop. Children, b. at Durham: 1. Adonijah,' b. 26 Oct.
1723. 2. John, b. 15 Nov. 1725. 3. Anne, b. 24 Feb. 1727/8; d.
15 Feb. 1813; m. 16 Jan. 1745/6 Ensign Simeon Coe, b. 22 Mar.
1720/1, d. 23 Sept. 1782. 4. Timothy, b. 27 Jan. 1729/30.

4. Joseph 2 Morris (Thomas 1 ), was born at New Haven 25 Mar.
1656. He married, 2 June 1680, Esther Winston, born
11 Nov. 1662, daughter of John. She married secondly
Nathaniel Sperry. Joseph's descendants, though very numer-
ous, receive but two pages in the "Morris Family" (pp. 477-
478), and therefore they are given below in extenso.

Children, born at New Haven:

7. i. Thomas,' b. 23 Mar. 1681/2.
ii. Esther, b. 3 Sept. 1684; d. 19 Aug. 1751; m. (1) 30 Jan. 1706/7

John Peck, b. 6 Oct. 1682; m. (2) 14 Feb. 1716/17 John Mix, b.

1917] Morris Families of Western Connecticut 7

25 Aug. 1676, d. 10 Dec. 1721; m. (3) Ensign Joseph Smith, b.
5 Mar. 1680/1, d. in 1749.
iii. Sarah, b. abt. 1686; m. 3 Aug. 1710 Joseph Beecher, b. 13 Feb.
1683 [? 1683/4], d. in 1712.

8. iv. Joseph, b. abt. 1688.

9. v. Ephraim, b. in Jan. 1693/4.

vi. Dorothy, b. in Sept. 1695; d. in 1751; m. James Denison, b.
5 Jan. 1683 [? 1683/4], d. in 1751.

10. vii. Benjamin, b. in Apr. 1699.

viii. Mary, b. in June 1702; m. 9 May 1727 Joel Munson, b. 18 Aug.
1702, d. after 1775.

ix. Samuel, b. in May 1705; m. abt. 1729 Margaret Smith of Mil-
ford. Records of his family are fragmentary. He was residing
at Milford in 1739 and 1755 (Milford Deeds, vol. 11, p. 321; vol.
12£, p. 676). In 1751, calling himself of Milford, he conveyed his
right to the estate of his father, Joseph Morris, deceased, and his
mother, Esther Sperry, deceased (New Haven Deeds, vol. 18, p.
306). In 1764 he was called of Kent (New Haven County Court
Records). Margaret Morris, with two females in her family, was
living at Warren according to the Census of 1790. Children
(record incomplete): 1. Ann,* bapt. at Derby (Congregational
Church) 20 Feb. 1736/7; m. at Woodbridge, in Sept, 1755, Eliph-
alet Beecher, b. 29 Sept. 1733. 2. Samuel, bapt. at Woodbridge
13 Jan. 1744/5; living at Warren according to the Census of 1790.

5. James 3 Morris (Eleazer, 2 Thomas 1 ) resided at East Haven,

where he died shortly before Feb. 1733/4. He married,
24 Feb. 1714/15, Abigail Rowe.
Children:

i. Jemima, 4 b. 27 Dec. 1715; d. young.

11. ii. Daniel, b. at New Haven 4 June 1718.

iii. Abigail, b. 10 Jan. 1719/20; m. David Gaylord of Farmington.

iv. James, bapt. at Durham 21 Jan. 1722/3; d. at Litchfield 6 June
1789; m. 8 Apr. 1751 Phebe (Barnes) Barnes, b. 1 Aug. 1712,
d. 15 Apr. 1793, widow of Timothy. He settled in that part of
Litchfield which is now the town of Morris, named for his family.
Two children (see "Morris Family," p. 171).

v. Amos, b. abt. 1726; d. at East Haven in 1802; m. twice, and had
twelve children (see "Morris Family," pp. 255-256).

6. Eleazer 3 Morris (Eleazer, 2 Thomas 1 ) died at East Haven in

Dec. 1740. He married Mercy Ball, born about 1693,
living 10 Jan. 1775, daughter of Ailing and Sarah (Thomp-
son). She married secondly, prior to 10 Jan. 1775, Deodate
Davenport.
Children:

i. Stephen, 4 b. abt. 1718; d. 28 Oct. 1775; m. 18 June 1741 Hester
Robinson, b. 7 July 1720, d. 17 Feb. 1790. Children: 1. Wil-
liam, 6 d. young. 2. Hannah, b. 1 Jan. 1745/6; d. 6 Aug. 1751.
3. Samuel, d. young. 4. Hannah, b. abt. 1751; d. 17 Feb. 1787;
m. Samuel Hemingway of East' Haven.

ii. Sarah, b. abt. 1720; m. 19 Dec. 1739 Seth Heaton, b. 29 Oct. 1714,
d. in 1796.

iii. Mercy, m. Isaac Holt.

iv. Jacob, according to "Morris Family," b. abt. 1730; d. 3 Mar. 1734
[? 1733/4].

v. Eleazer, d. s.p. In 1773 Seth Heaton and wife Sarah, Isaac Holt
and wife Mercy, and Stephen and Mabel Morris, heirs of their
brother Eleazer, deceased, divided land (New Haven Deeds, vol.
36, p. 344). In 1778 Jehiel and Mabel Forbs conveyed to Samuel
and Hannah Hemingway their right to the estate of their sister

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[Jan.

Mary, deceased, late wife to Samuel Davenport, that came to her
from her brother Eliezer Morris, deceased (ib., vol. 36, p. 515).

vi. Mabel, m. Jehiel Fobbes.

vii. Maby, b. abt. 1740; d. s.p. 15 July 1765; m. Samuel Davenport.

7. Thomas 3 Morris {Joseph, 2 Thomas 1 ), born at New Haven

23 Mar. 1681/2, died there 17 Apr. 1726. He married,
25 May 1708, Sarah Gilbert, born 10 Mar. 1685/6, daughter
of Matthew and Sarah (Peck) and granddaughter of Gov.
Matthew and Jane (Baker). She married secondly William
Johnson.

Children, born at New Haven :

i. Esther/ b. abt. 1709; d. 12 Jan. 1788; m. 20 Aug. 1743 Andrew
Goodyear.

ii. Thomas, b. in Mar. 1712 [? 1712/13]; living at Kent according to the

Census of 1790; m. . In 1752 Asa Morris, And r Goodyear

and wife Esther, and Joseph Mix, Jr., and wife Sarah, all of New
Haven, conveyed land to their brother, Thomas Morris of Kent
(New Haven Deeds, vol. 17, p. 1). Children, bapt. at Kent: 1.
Phebe,* bapt. 7 Aug. 1748. 2. Sarah, bapt. 7 Aug. 1748. 3.
Thomas, bapt. 28 July 1751; living at Kent according to the
Census of 1790; m. 15 Nov. 1774 Rachel Budd. 4. Elizabeth,
bapt. 5 Aug. 1753. Probably others.

12. hi. Daniel, b. in Apr. 1715.

iv. Amos, b. 26 Feb. 1717/18; d. s.p. in 1741.

13. v. Asa, b. 20 Feb. 1720/1.

vi. Sarah, b. 20 Dec. 1723; m. 21 May 1752 Joseph Mix.
vii. Elizabeth, b. 9 Feb. 1725/6.

8. Joseph 3 Morris (Joseph, 2 Thomas 1 ), born at New Haven about

1688, removed to Branford. He married first, at Branford,
4 Mar. 1712/13, Lydia Harrison, daughter of Thomas
and Margaret (Stent); and secondly Elizabeth Johnson,
daughter of Edward and Esther (Wheaton). The "Morris
Family" erroneously states (p. 478) that he married, 3 Feb.
1709, Sarah Hotchkiss. In 1755 Joseph Morris and wife
Elizabeth conveyed to Timothy Johnson land from father
Edward Johnson, deceased (Branford Deeds, vol. 7, p. 503).
In 1759 the surveyors set off to Lydia, wife of Samuel Linsly,
to Aaron Morris, and to Mary, wife of Nath'll Whedon, Jr.
(children and heirs of Lydia Morris, deceased, late wife of
Joseph), a right from the estate of Thomas Harrison the first,
deceased (ib.).

Children by first wife, born at Branford:

i. Joseph, 4 b. 1 Jan. 1713/14; living in 1736 (Branford Deeds, vol. 6,
p. 77); probably d. s.p. before 1759.

ii. Lydia, b. 15 Oct. 1715; m. 27 Nov. 1740 Samuel Linsly.

iii. Aaron, b. 13 Mar. 1717/18; d. in 1784; m. 29 Nov. 1744 Elizabeth
Mtjnroe. Children: • 1. Lovice,* m. Thomas Wheaton of South-
ington. 2. Sarah, b. in 1747; m. Jonathan Baker of Hudson,
N. Y. 3. Andrew. 4. Margaret, m. 21 June 1767 William Stew-
art. 5. Edmund, m. in 1788 Hannah Parmalee. 6. Zada, m. 31
Dec. 1789 Joseph Goodrich. 7. Aaron, m. 25 Nov. 1795 Elizabeth
Norton.

iv. Mary, m. 20 Nov. 1755 Nathaniel Wheaton.

Children by second wife, born at Branford:
v. Elizabeth, d. s.p.

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vi. Timothy, bapt. 8 June 1735; m. Chloe . Children, bapt.

at Branford: 1. Joseph,* bapt. 31 Mar. 1765. 2. Foster, bapt.
30 June 1765. 3. Daniel, bapt. 29 Oct. 1769; m. 16 Dec. 1800
Betsey Stewart. 4. James, bapt. 15 Sept. 1771. 5. Keturah, bapt.
7 Nov. 1773. 6. Timothy, bapt. 9 Feb. 1777. 7. Elizabeth, bapt.
22 Aug. 1779; m. 3 Mar. 1799 Amos G. Hull.

9. Ephraim 3 Morris (Joseph, 2 Thomas 1 ), born at New Haven in
Jan. 1693/4, died there 15 Feb. 1778 (records of First Congre-
tional Church). He married, 24 Jan. 1716/17, Ruth Sperry,
born 30 May 1695, died 10 Feb. 1773 (ib.), daughter of Ebene-
zer and Abigail (Dickerman).
Children, born at New Haven:

i. Abigail, 4 b. 31 Oct. 1717.

ii. Ruth, b. 27 Nov. 1718; d. 23 Aug. 1769 (ib.).

14. iii. Ephraim, b. 23 May 1721.

15. iv. Ebenezer.

v. Isaac, m. Hannah Gilbert, b. 4 Sept. 1733, d. 28 Aug. 1769, dau.
of Jonathan and Mary (Chidsey). Children, bapt. at First
Congregational Church, New Haven: 1. Mary, 6 bapt. 11 Feb.
1759. 2. Adonijah, bapt. 7 Mar. 1762. 3. Mabel, bapt. 13 May
1764. 4. Isaac, bapt. 21 Sept. 1766; removed to Watertown. 5.
Lydia, bapt. 25 Sept. 1768.

10. Benjamin 3 Morris (Joseph, 2 Thomas 1 ), born at New Haven in
Apr. 1699, was living at Danbury in 1732, but returned to New
Haven, and was living at Woodbridge as late as 1786. He
married first, 17 Nov. 1731, Mehitabel Mtjnson, born
17 Oct. 1709, died 26 Feb. 1779, daughter of John and Sarah
(Cooper); and secondly, 1 May 1783, Abigail Ashburn of
Milford, who was living at Colebrook in 1786, when they were
divorced.

Children by first wife, born at New Haven:

i. Sarah, 4 b. 15 Mar. 1736/7; m. 14 Feb. 1759 Judah Thompson.
ii. Elizabeth, b. 10 Apr. 1739; m. 13 May 1759 Thomas Humphre-

ville, b. 23 Nov. 1736, d. in 1772.
iii. John, b. 9 Mar. 1741/2; d. at New Haven 18 Oct. 1820; m. Mart

(Macumber) Trowbridge, b. in 1748, d. in 1811, widow of

Thomas. Only child: 1. Mehitabel,* b. abt. 1786; d. 14 Feb.

1849; m. John Gilbert, b. abt. 1782, d. 12 Sept. 1848.

11. Daniel 4 Morris (James, 3 Eleazer, 2 Thomas 1 ), born at New
Haven 4 June 1718, according to the "Morris Family"
(p. 167) "removed to Great Barrington, Mass., in 1762,"
and "lived to be 94." He was living at Salisbury in 1756-1758,
and appears in Litchfield County in the Census of 1790. He
married, 15 Oct. 1742, Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Thomas
and Abigail (Potter).

Children:

i. Abigail, 8 b. at New Haven 13 Aug. 1742; according to "Morris

Family" m. Gatlord, though this statement is probably

due to confusing her with her aunt (5, iii). Perhaps she was the
Abigail Morris who m. (intention recorded at Great Barrington,
Mass., 23 Feb. 1762) Eliathah Rew.

ii. Elizabeth, b. at New Haven 19 Oct. 1743.

iii. John, b. at New Haven 12 Oct. 1745; of Great Barrington, Mass.,
in the Census of 1790; according to "Morris, Family" m. Lois
Weed.

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iv. Jemima, b. at New Haven 25 Aug. 1747.

v. Eleazer, b. at New Haven 25 May 1749; of Great Barrington,

Mass., in the Census of 1790; according to "Morris Family" m.

Sally Wells.
vi. Daniel, of Spencertown. Mass., physician, b. in 1754; m. Isabel

Gardiner. Five children,
vii. Lois, b. at Salisbury 11 Mar. 1756.
viii. Sarah, b. at Salisbury 14 Sept. 1758.

The "Morris Family" adds the following children (order of

births uncertain) :

ix. Esther, m. Benjamin Dickson of Ripley, N. Y.

x. Anna, m. Elton of New Haven. [This is not accurate.

She m. before 1778 William Elton of Burlington, b. in 1748, d.

in 1822. Her gravestone states that she d. 25 Nov. 1802, ae. 50,

and that she was dau. of Dea. Daniel Morris.]
xi. Levi.
xii. Mart, b. in 1760; d. in 1831; m. in 1779 James Dickson, b. at

Cherry Valley, N. Y., 3 Feb. 1756. They removed to Erie Co., Pa.

12. Daniel 4 Morris (Thomas, 3 Joseph, 2 Thomas 1 ), born at New
Haven in Apr. 1715, removed to the parish of Stratfield (now
Bridgeport) in the town of Fairfield, and later to Newtown,
where he died 1 Mar. 1792. He married first, 19 July 1741,
Sarah (Fairweather) Mackhard, who d. 16 Apr. 1761,
widow of Matthew; secondly, 29 Dec. 1761, Prudence

(Somers) Curtis; and thirdly Elizabeth . In 1740

Daniel Morris of Fairfield, with Amos, Asa, Esther, and Eliza-
beth Morris of New Haven, conveyed to their brother Thomas
their rights to lands of their father Thomas, deceased (New
Haven Deeds, vol. 17, p. 3). The town records of New
Haven, Stratford, and Fairfield prove conclusively the parent-
age of Daniel Morris of Fairfield; but, despite this, the
"Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut "
(1911) states (p. 711) that he was born at Bridgeport 7 May
1715, the son of Daniel and Polly (Benjamin), and that the
elder Daniel was born at Boston, Mass., 13 Feb. 1672, and
died at Bridgeport in 1749, the son of Dorman and Elinor
Morris of Boston. The birth of a Daniel, son of Dorman
Morris, is recorded in Boston in 1671,* but there is nothing to
prove that Daniel of Boston or any other Daniel Morris
settled in the neighborhood of Fairfield until Daniel of New
Haven moved to that place about 1740. To him and his
descendants their correct ancestry is here for the first time
assigned.

Children by first wife, born at Fairfield:

i. Mart, 5 b. 1 Dec. 1742; d. 30 Nov. 1776.

ii. Sarah, b. 1 Sept. 1745; d. 21 Nov. 1771.

iii. Amos, b. 30 Nov. 1747; d. 7 Dec. 1747.

iv. Daniel, b. 8 Mar. 1748/9; d. 7 May 1749.

16. v. Daniel, b. 13 Dec. 1750.

* Mrs. Lucia R. Fellows of Salt Lake City, Utah, has records showing that this
Boston family was not a Morris family at all. Its progenitor was Dorman Mahoone,
an Irishman who died in Boston in 1661; and members of the family appear on record
under the names of Mathue, Maroone, Mareen, and Morris. The publication of these
records has given rise to a controversy, the outcome of which cannot affect the validity
of the statements in the text above.

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vi. James, b. 14 June 1753; m. 19 Feb. 1781 Eunice , who

obtained a divorce from him in 1787 for desertion in 1784. Ac-
cording to family tradition he joined the British navy.

17. vii. Matthew Mackhard, b. 25 July 1757.

Child by second wife, born at Fairfield:

18. viii. Amos, b. 28 Sept. 1762.

13. Asa 4 Morris (Thomas, 3 Joseph, 2 Thomas 1 ), born at New Haven
20 Feb. 1720/1, died at Woodbridge in 1760. He married,
1 Mar. 1758, Hannah Brown, born 19 June 1735, died 1 May
1824, daughter of Eleazer and Sarah (Rowe). She married
secondly Daniel Tolles.

Children:

i. Elizabeth, 5 b. abt. 1759; d. 11 Feb. 1788; m. Abraham Tolles, b.
abt. 1754, d. 20 May 1793.

19. ii. Asa, b. in June 1760.

14. Ephraim 4 Morris (Ephraim, 3 Joseph, 2 Thomas 1 ), born at New

Haven 23 May 1721, removed to Danbury, where he died in

1792. He married Eunice , who died after 1803. His

will names his wife Eunice and the seven children given b,elow
(Danbury Probate Records, vol. 6, p. 242).
Children (order of births unknown) :

Samuel. 6

Shadrack.

Jachtn. In 1802, calling himself of Boston, Mass., he conveyed

land inherited from his father Ephraim, deceased (Danbury

Deeds, vol. 10, p. 429).
Ruth, m. in Dec. 1791 Joseph Mead.
v. Eunice, m. Nathan Stewart of Litchfield (Danbury Deeds, vol. 9,

p. 383).
Ltdia, m. 13 Dec. 1774 Matthew Judd of Kent.
Rachel, m. before 1789 Timothy Preston of Dover, N. Y. (Danbury

Deeds, vol. 9, p. 454).

15. Ebenezer 4 Morris (Ephraim, 3 Joseph, 2 Thomas 1 ), born at New
Haven, resided at Woodbridge, where he died about 1798.
He married first, 28 Nov. 1750, Mabel Carrington, daughter
of Zebulon and Sarah (Johnson) ; and secondly, 11 Sept. 1766,
Rebecca Thomas.

Children by first wife, recorded at New Haven:

22. i. Major, 5 b. 16 Oct. 1751.

ii. Hester, b. 28 Feb. 1753.

iii. Abigail, b. 1 Sept. 1754; m. at New Haven, 20 Mar. 1776, Miles

Gorham.

iv. Sarah, b. 17 May 1756.

v. Ltdia, b. 1 June 1757; d. 4 Aug. 1765.

vi. Amos, b. 7 Oct. 1759. He removed to Watertown.

16. Daniel 5 Morris (Daniel, 4 Thomas 3 Joseph, 2 Thomas 1 ), born at
Fairfield 13 Dec. 1750, resided at Newtown, where he died
28 Mar. 1828. He married, 12 June 1774, Elizabeth Bur-
ritt, born in 1757, daughter of Israel.

Children:

i. Israel B.,« b. 26 July 1775; d. 25 July 1837.

ii. Sally, b. 1 Oct. 1777; m. (1) Abraham Blackman; m. (2) Abel

Curtis.
iii. James, b. 23 July 1779; d. 3 Jan. 1855.

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21

ii.

iii.

iv.

vi.

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iv. Daniel, of Monroe, b. 27 Jan. 1781.

23. v. Eli Gould, b. 6 June 1783.
vi. Polly, b. 1 Aug. 1786; m. John Blackman.
vii. Nancy, b. 1 July 1790; m. Norman Glover.
viii. Elizabeth, b. 30 Jan. 1792; m. Fairchild Btjrritt.
be. Eunice, b. 6 June 1793; m. John Blackman.
x. Winthrop, of Roxbury, b. abt. 1796; d. 28 July 1872; m. (1)

Cornelia , b. abt. 1798, d. 1 May 1838; m. (2) Amy

Mallory, b. abt. 1802, d. 5 Sept. 1884.

17. Matthew Mackhakd 5 Morris (Daniel, 4 Thomas* Joseph, 2
Thomas 1 ), born at Fairfield 25 July 1757, resided at Woodbury,
where he died 3 Feb. 1825. He married Mehitabel Jtjdson,
born 22 May 1762, died 7 Oct. 1846.

Children:

24. i. Judson, 6 b. at Woodbury abt. 1778.
ii. Sally, m. Isbell.

25. iii. John, b. at Woodbury abt. 1784.
iv. A daughter, b. abt. 1786; d. 20 Feb. 1794.
v. Harvey, m. 1 Nov. 1810 Maria Judson, b. abt. 1790, d. 16 June

1871.
vi. A son, b. abt. 1791; d. 3 Mar. 1794.
vii. Alethea, b. abt. 1795; d. s.p. 17 Feb. 1861.
viii. James, b. abt. 1798; d. 14 Jan. 1861; m. 16 Sept. 1821 Caroline

Thomas, b. abt. 1800, d. 22 July 1848. Children: 1. Mary O., 1

m. 25 May 1842 William Frederick Osborn. 2. Matthew M., b.

abt. 1826; d. s.p. (murdered) 17 July 1861.
ix. Garry, b. abt. 1803; d. s.p. 15 June 1854.

18. Amos 5 Morris (Daniel, 4 Thomas, 3 Joseph, 2 Thomas 1 ), born at
Fairfield 28 Sept. 1762, removed to Bridgewater, and died at
Great Barrington, Mass., 2 Apr. 1841. He married, prior to
29 Mar. 1785, Eunice Clark, born about 1765, died 29 Mar.
1841.

Children:

i. Levi, 6 b. 6 Dec. 1785; d. 24 Sept. 1850; m. 24 Sept. 1807 Polly H.

Smith, b. abt. 1785, d. 16 Aug. 1862.
ii. Roswell, of Newtown, b. 27 May 1795; d. in 1874; m. 27 Nov.

1818 Laura Canfield, b. in 1796, d. in 1872. Children: 1.

Cornelia, 7 m. Henry B. Young. 2. Caroline, m. Peter Wooster.

3. Mary. 4. Arza C., of Bridgewater, m. Sarah E. Mallett; three

daughters,
iii. Curtis, of Brookfield, b. 7 Feb. 1797; d. 19 Mar. 1869; m. (1)

2 Nov. 1819 Abigail Curtis, b. 23 Feb. 1797, d. 8 May 1827; m.

(2) 2 Sept. 1827 Cynthia J. Fink, b. 1 Oct. 1793, d. 24 Nov. 1871.

Children by first wife: 1. Levi C., 7 of Hawleyville, b. 24 Oct. 1822;

d. 13 Dec. 1856. 2. Catharina A., b. 1 Dec. 1825; m. 22 Apr.

1845 Andrew Northrop of Brookfield. Child by second wife: 3.

Eli F., b. 31 Oct. 1833; d. 27 Oct. 1866; m. 12 Nov. 1856 Emily

M. Piatt, b. 20 May 1836; two children,
iv. Martha, b. 6 Dec. 1799; m. 4 Feb. 1819 Orange Smith, b. 29 Aug.

1797.

19. Asa 6 Morris (Asa, 4 Thomas, 3 Joseph, 2 Thomas 1 ), born in June

1760, lived at Woodbridge, where he died 11 July 1828. He

married Mary , born about 1762, died 3 Aug. 1840.

Children:

i. Elizabeth, 6 m. Nettleton.

ii. Asa, of Litchfield, m. 20 Mar. 1818 Ann Riggs, b. abt. 1790, d.
20 Jan. 1845. Children : 1. Mary Ann 7 b. 3 Apr. 1819; d. 2 Oct.

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1844; m. 30 Nov. 1843 Henry Sanford. 2. Sarah Jane, b. 28 Dec.

1820; d. 3 Feb. 1843. 3. Joseph Riggs, b. 26 Apr. 1822. 4.

Samuel B., b. 29 May 1824.
iii. Alanson, b. abt. 1789; d. 10 Aug. 1812; m. . Child: 1.

Alanson. 1
iv. Nathan Ruel, of Bethany, b. abt. 1792; d. 9 Dec. 1848; m. 27 Dec.

1820 Lucy Wooding, b. abt. 1796, d. 9 Aug. 1860.
v. Arvil, of Waterbury, d. abt. 1866; m. at Woodbridge, in Dec. 1826,

Caroline Castle. Children: 1. Nelson. 7 2. Lucrelia, b. 25 Apr.

1839; m. 17 Aug. 1859 Seneca L. Munson, b. 29 Apr. 1836, d.

30 Aug. 1894. 3. Susan. 4. Joseph N.

20. Samuel 5 Mobeis (Ephraim* Ephraim, 3 Joseph* Thomas 1 ), of

Danbury, died in 1792. He married Jerusha , who,

with the seven children given below, is named in his will
(Danbury Probate Records, vol. 6, p. 213).

Children (order of births unknown) :

i. Bethel, 6 died at Danbury in 1844. His will names children Clara,
wife of Thomas P. White [m. 9 Mar. 1828], Sally, wife of John L.
Mallory, Samuel, Alfred, George [m. 5 Feb. 1834 Hannah Stevens],
Betsey, and Angeline, and grandson Granville W. (Danbury
Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 238).

ii. Chauncey, removed to Canaan (Danbury Deeds, vol. 11, p. 220).

iii. Edmund, removed to Poughkeepsie, N. Y. (Danbury Deeds, vo'l. 27,
p. 397).

iv. Auos, probably the Amos Morris whose estate was settled in 1886
(Danbury Probate Records, vol. 39, p. 17), the records naming
widow Lucy Ann and the following children : Frederick Morris of
Danbury (who had sons John and William), William Morris, de-
ceased (who left children Mrs. Mary Rogers of Norwalk, Ohio,
Cortland Morris of Inwood, Ind., and Samuel Morris of Mon-
mouth, Iowa), Sarah Ann Blackman of Danbury, Amelia Morris of
Southbury, Eli Morris of Anita, Iowa, Philo Morris of Bridge-
port, Edmund Morris of Danbury, Clarissa Morris of Danbury,
and Elizabeth Morris of Falls Village.

v. Rebecca, m. in 1793 Levi Andrus.

vi. Lucy, m. Miles Hoyt. In 1802 she, with her husband, conveyed
land from her grandfather Ephraim, set off from the estate of
Samuel (Danbury Deeds, vol. 10, p. 489).

vii. Anna, m. Benjamin Stiles (Danbury Deeds, vol. 11, p. 398).

21. Shadrack. 5 Morris (Ephraim* Ephraim, 3 Joseph, 2 Thomas 1 ), of
Danbury, died later than 1804 (Danbury Deeds, vol. 11, p.
278) . The record of his family is incomplete ; but he is known
to have had at least two sons, for in 1799 he conveyed land to
his son Asher (ib., vol. 9, p. 518), and Elijah at the time of his
marriage is called son to Shadrack (Danbury Vital Records).

Children:

i. Asher, 8 d. at Danbury in 1811; m. Hannah Stevens, b. in 1774.
His estate was distributed to his widow Hannah and his four
children, Ezra, William D., Mary, and Aaron K. (Danbury Pro-
bate Records, vol. 11, pp. 6, 273).

ii. Elijah, m. 8 Apr. 1798 Olive Stevens, b. in 1776. Children: 1.
Jachin, 1 of New York, N. Y., b. 12 Jan. 1799. 2. John Stevens, b.
14 Jan. 1801 and probably father of Charles and Ephraim, who
appear in Danbury Deeds. 3. Asher, of New York, N. Y.
Probably also: 4. Stephen G.

22. Major 5 Morris (Ebenezer* Ephraim 3 Joseph, 2 Thomas 1 ), born
at New Haven 16 Oct. 1751, removed to Waterbury, where
he died 5 Sept. 1811. He married Elizabeth Hine, daughter

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[Jan.

of John and Sarah (Sanford). In the "Genealogical and
Family History of the State of Connecticut" (p. 1662) Major
is incorrectly given as a son of Amos 4 (5, v).
Children:

26. i. Sheldon, 8 b. abt. 1783.

ii. Miles (twin), of Waterbury, b. 27 Apr. 1785; m. (1) in 1815 Katt
Scott of Ashly, who d. in July 1837, ae. 44; m. (2) in Aug. 1845
Mart (Cadt) Riggs, dau. of Aran of Middlebury and widow of
Joseph. Child by second wife: 1. Miles, 7 b. 30 Oct. 1846.

iii. Newton (twin), of Waterbury, b. 27 Apr. 1785; m. 27 Apr. 1807
Molly Hotchkiss. Children (record incomplete): 1. MerriU
Noyes. 1 2. Henry Newton, b. in 1810. 3. Isaac Amos, b. in 1811.
4. Sarah Ann, b. in 1813. 5. Edwin, bapt. 10 May 1818. 6.
Eunice Atwater, bapt. 29 July 1821. 7. Harriet, bapt. 20 July
1823. 8. Jane Elizabeth, bapt. 1 May 1831.

iv. Mehttabel, d. in 1862; m. William Morgan of Waterbury.

v. Amos, of Waterbury, d. in 1872; m. (1) 29 May 1816 Mart Atkins
of Southington, b. abt. 1794, d. 30 Aug. 1832; m. (2) 27 Nov.
1833 Anna (Andrews) Hine, dau. of Caleb and Anna (Wolcott)
of Bethany and widow of Isaac. Children by first wife: 1.
Elizabeth,'' b. 10 Sept. 1817; m. 31 Oct. 1842 F. John Woodruff.
2. Mary Maria, b. 10 Feb. 1819; m. 8 Feb. 1842 William Umber-
field, b. 18 Apr. 1821. 3. Ellen Ann, b. 10 Feb. 1822; m. Sher-
man Fenn. 4. Eliza, b. 25 May 1826; d. young. 5. Eli A., b.
3 Apr. 1830; d. 7 Apr. 1833. 6. Eunice, b. 24 Aug. 1832; m.
George Nettleton.

23. Eli Gould 6 Morris (Daniel, 5 Daniel* Thomas, 3 Joseph, 2

Thomas 1 ), born 6 June 1783, died 3 Jan. 1856. He married,
21 Mar. 1821, Lydia Bennett, born 4 June 1793, died 2 July
1879.
Children :

i. Eli James, 7 of Newtown, member of the Connecticut Legislature,
b. 20 Dec. 1821; d. 10 Nov. 1901; m. 2 Sept. 1850 Jane Eliza-
beth Chambers, b. 6 Feb. 1825, d. 4 Oct. 1891.

ii. Luzon Burritt, member of the Connecticut Legislature, Judge of
Probate (New Haven District), Governor of Connecticut in 1892,
b. 16 Apr. 1826; d. 23 Aug. 1895; m. 15 June 1856 Eugenia
Laura Tuttle of Seymour, b. 5 Oct. 1833, d. 2 Nov. 1916, dau.
of Lucius and Laura. Children: 1. Robert Tultlc,* of New York,
N.Y., student at Cornell Univ., 1876-1879, M.D. (College of Physi-
cians and Surgeons of New York, 1882), surgeon and author,
President of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gyne-
cologists, 1907, b. 14 May 1857; m. 4 June 1898 Aimee (Reynaud)
Mazergue. 2. Mary Seymour, A.B. (Vassar College, 1880), b.
1 Dec. 1858; m. Charles M. Pratt of Brooklyn, N. Y., a director
of the Standard Oil Co. 3. Helen Harrison, A.B. (Vassar College,
1883), b. 12 May 1862; m. Arthur Twining Hadley, LL.D.,
President of Yale University. 4. Emily Eugenia, A.B. (Vassar
College, 1890), b. 26 June 1869. 5. Charles Gould, of New Haven,
B.A. (Yale, 1895), LL.B. (Yale, 1897), b. 4 Feb. 1871; m. 27 Sept.
1899 Elisabeth Woodbridge. 6. Ray, of New York, N. Y., B.A.
(Yale, 1901), M.A. (Yale, 1904), banker, b. 4 June 1878; m. 4 Oct.
1906 Katharine Grinnell.

iii. Martha Jane, b. 14 Dec. 1835; d. s.p. 12 June 1877.

24. Judson 6 Morris (Matthew Mackhard, 5 Daniel* Thomas, 3 Joseph, 2

Thomas 1 ), born at Woodbury about 1778, died there 15 Feb.
1846. He married first Mehttabel Peck, born about 1781,
died 8 Apr. 1813; and secondly, 1 Feb. 1814, Jertjsha Hotch-
kiss, born 20 June 1785.

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Children by first wife:

i. Almtra, 7 m. Bloss.

ii. Eliza, m. Rich.

iii. Mehitabel, m. Higgins.

iv. Marcus.

v. Sally, m. Church.

vi. Nancy, m. Websteh.

vii. Mabia H., m. 2 Feb. 1831 Horace S. Atwood.

Children by second wife:

viii. Henry, d. s.p.

ix. Hobabt Hotchkiss, b. 24 Mar. 1817; d. 2 Feb. 1891; m. 18 Oct.
1842 Sarah M. Huhd. Child: 1. George Frank lin, s town clerk of
Woodbury for ten years, auditor for six years, representative in
the Connecticut Legislature in 1881 and 1901, b. 21 Sept. 1844;
m. 6 Oct. 1868 Sophronia Dawson; two children.

x. Betsey, m. Church.

xi. Ruth, m. 21 May 1851 William Legrand Judson.

xii. Imogen, m. 16 Feb. 1847 Charles S. Crane of Bethlehem.

25. John 6 Morris {Matthew Mackhard, 5 Daniel* Thomas, 3 Joseph, 2

Thomas 1 ), born at Woodbury about 1784, died there 25 July

1836. He married first, 30 Dec. 1803, Althea Mitchell,

born about 1784, died 2 Mar. 1811 ; and secondly, 26 Jan. 1814,

Sally Bishop.

Children by first wife:

i. Charity, 7 m. 29 Nov. 1827 Elizur Barnes of Roxbury.

ii. Martha B., m. 3 May 1835 Philo Tuttle.

iii. Malga M., m. 24 May 1835 Asahel Tyler of Middlebury.

Children by second wife:

iv. Clarissa D., m. 15 June 1841 Enos Hopkins of Naugatuck.

v. Ha rriet, m. Upson.

vi. Emily J., m. 29 Dec. 1844 George Lathrop.

vii. Thalia J., m. 10 Sept. 1845 Charles H. Broughton of Naugatuck.

viii. Harvey.

26. Sheldon 6 Morris (Major, 5 Ebenezer* Ephraim, 3 Joseph, 2

Thomas 1 ), born about 1783, resided at Waterbury and South-
bury, and died at Litchfield 6 Feb. 1858. He married

Hickox.
Children:

i. Susan, 7 m. 29 Nov. 1821 Ira Mallory of Middlebury.

ii. John N., of Waterbury, m. 16 Feb. 1825 Polly Chatfield. Chil-
dren: 1. Leonard A.* b. 16 Feb. 1826. 2. William F., of Oakville,
b. 22 Feb. 1828; d. 8 June 1872; m. Elizabeth A. Scott; three
children. 3. George M., b. 7 Oct. 1833. 4. Catherine E., b. 1 Nov.
1837.

iii. Samuel M., b. 29 Jan. 1808; m. 12 Oct. 1831 Eunice Upson, b.
17 Oct. 1810. Children, recorded at Waterbury: 1. Marietiafb.
25 Jan. 1833. 2. Cornelia, b. 17 Feb. 1838. 3. Herbert, b. 27 Nov.
1845.

iv. Sheldon, b. 8 May 1814; d. 10 Aug. 1897; m. Betsy Williams, b.
in 1813, d. in 1872. In 1854 he was of Bridgeport, where he
organized the Saving Machine Cabinet Co. In 1869 he removed
to Indianapolis, Ind. Children: 1. Marshall Eliot? of Bridge-
port, b. 8 May 1837; m. in 1862 Mary Elizabeth Winters; four
children. 2. Bennett Franklin, of Bridgeport, b. 20 Feb. 1840;
m. in 1861 Ann Louise Curtis, b. in 1843; no issue. 3. James
Alien, m. Mary Hill. 4. George Seymour, m. Eliza Beatty; one
son. 5. Frances L., m. Hylon P. Warner of Roxbury.

16 Morris Families of Western Connecticut [Jan.

v. Joseph Lucres.

vi. Mary Etta, m. Peck of South Litchfield.

vii. Polly Ann, bapt. 8 July 1828.

II. The Richard Morris Family of Milford

1. Richard 1 Morris first appears at Newport, R. I., and it is
believed that his mother was Margaret 3 Painter, daughter of Shubael 2
and Mercy (Lamberton) (cf. Register, vol. 68, p. 275). His father
may have been of the family of Capt. Richard Morris, a man of note
in early Newport; but the partial destruction of the records of that
town makes anything more than conjecture impossible. According
to the records of Trinity Church, Newport, he married first, 22 Dec.
1717, Elizabeth Atjxeny; and secondly, 24 May 1721, Jean Eddy,
daughter of John. In 1726 he was still of Newport (cf. Register,
ut supra), but on 30 Apr. 1738 Jane, wife of Richard Morris, joined
the Congregational Church at Milford, Conn. In his will, dated
24 Mar. 1759 and proved in May 1759, he named his wife Jane and
his son John, and referred to other children, unnamed (New Haven
Probate Records, vol. 9, p. 247). In Apr. 1767 administration on the
estate of Jean Morrice of Milford was granted to Samuel Basset in
right of his wife Susanna, daughter of the deceased (ib., vol. 10, p.
399). Her estate was insolvent, and among the debts was a sum due
Mercy Morris for nursing.

Very little pertaining to this family is on record at Milford; and
since Samuel Morris (4, ix) of the New Haven family resided there for
a time, it is difficult to identify Richard's children with certainty.
For the benefit, however, of future genealogists the following brief
sketch is appended.
Children:
i. Susanna, 2 m. Samuel Bassett of Milford.

2. ii. John.

3. iii. Thomas (probably s. of Richard).

4. iv. Joseph (probably s. of Richard).

5. v. George (probably s. of Richard), b. abt. 1731.
'; vi. Mercy, d. at Milford 25 Mar. 1778.

vii. David (probably s. of Richard). On 4 Mar. 1780 a private recorder
of Milford mortality noted that he had heard of the death of David
Morris in captivity.

2. John 2 Morris (Richard 1 ) lived in that section of Milford later

incorporated into the town of Woodbridge. He married at
Woodbridge, 12 Nov. 1750, Sybil Newton. The record of
his family is incomplete. Clarania, daughter of a John Morris,
was baptized at New Milford in 1769.
Children :

i. Richard 3 (probably s. of John), d. at Milford in 1825, aged 63; m.

Sarah , who d. at Milford, as his widow, in May 1847,

aged 94.

6. ii. Newton John.

3. Thomas 2 Morris (? Richard 1 ) died at Wallingford 21 Apr. 1777.

He married Sarah , who was buried at Wallingford

(Cheshire), as his widow, 7 Aug. 1777. He lived in that part
of "Wallingford which later became the town of Cheshire, and
his burial is recorded in the Cheshire church records under

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date of 22 Apr. 1777. On 4 May 1777 the Milford recorder of
deaths noted the death of Thomas Morris, "once of Milford,"
thus proving that he belonged to the Milford family.

Children (record incomplete) :
i. William, 3 m. at Wallingford, 16 Oct. 1777, Rebecca Pebkins, dau.

iof John and Dorcas (Brooks). He removed from Cheshire to
Waterbury, where he appears in the .Census of 1790 with six males
under sixteen years of age and two females in his family. About
1800 he removed to Hampton, N. Y. Children: 1. Thomas* b.
10 Apr. 1778. 2. Shubael, b. 17 Nov. 1779.
ii. Solomon, m. at Cheshire, 24 Feb. 1780, Kezia Moss. In 1778 he
and William Morris bought land in Waterbury (Waterbury Deeds,
vol. 17, p. 277), but it is doubtful if he removed thither. He
settled at Warsaw, N. Y.

4. Joseph 2 Morris (? Richard}) probably married Sarah

who married secondly John Marchant of Waterbury. Joseph
Morris served in 1762 in the French and Indian War. The
death is recorded at Milford of a Joseph Morris at Seabrook,
10 Nov. 1776, and of another Joseph Morris, 3 Jan. 1778. On

9 Feb. 1796 r Sarah Marchant of Milford and David Morris of
Waterbury conveyed to James Rylee their rights in the h6use
and garden of Joseph Morris of Milford, deceased (Milford
Deeds, vol. 19, p. 425). On 10 May 1796 David Morris of
Waterbury conveyed to James Rylee the rights that John
Morris had in the house and garden of Joseph Morris of Milford,
deceased (ib., vol. 19, p. 424). On 14 Nov. 1796 Elisha Morris
of Milford conveyed to Bryan Gillett his rights in a house and
garden (ib., vol. 20, p. 553). It seems likely that the names
of the widow and three sons of Joseph Morris appear in these
deeds. It is known that the Sarah Marchant of the first-
mentioned deed was mother of David Morris of Waterbury,
for on 7 Feb. 1796 (two days prior to the date of this deed) the
latter conveyed to his mother, Mrs. Sarah Marchant, the east
room in his house (Waterbury Deeds, vol. 25, p. 335).

The death of a wife of a Joseph Morris, aged 22, is recorded
at Milford, 12 Apr. 1805; but the identity of this Joseph has
not been established.

Children :

7. i. David. 8

ii. John. In 1791 he conveyed land in Salem (Waterbury Deeds, vol.
23, p. 31), then a parish in Waterbury, now the town of Nauga-
tuck.

iii. Elisha, m. , whose death is recorded at Milford, 27 Aug.

1821, aged 54. The death of a child is recorded in 1812. Chil-
dren, bapt. at Milford 4 Sept. 1808: 1. Aaron* 2. Jared. 3.
Melinda. 4. Andrew.

George 2 Morris (? Richard 1 ), born about 1731, died at Milford

10 Mar. 1776. He married Eunice Plumb, daughter of John
and Kezia (Ailing). On 30 Apr. 1754 John Plumm conveyed
land to his daughter Eunice, wife of George Morris (Milford
Deeds, vol. 12^, p. 555) ; and he also left to her a legacy in his
will, dated in 1762 and proved in 1763 (New Haven Probate
Records, vol. 10, p. 51). In Oct. 1773 it is recorded that

18 Morris Families of Western Connecticut [Jan.

George Morris of Milford, by the long illness of his wife, was
reduced and had come to want; and that he, his wife, and
two small children had been under the care of the selectmen
(Colonial Records of Connecticut, vol. 14, p. 200). The death
of a Widow Morris is recorded at Milford, 9 Sept. 1781.
Children:

L John * b. at Milford 4 Apr. 1754 and bapt. in the Second Church,
Milford, 19 May 1754. On 15 Aug. 1804 David Morris of Derby
mortgaged his home to John Plumb Morris of New York, N. Y.
(Derby Deeds, vol. 17, p. 100) ; and on 7 May 1819 John P. Morris
of New York, with his wife Abigail, quitclaimed this property to
the widow and children of David (#>., vol. 22, p. 34).

ii. William, bapt. 24 Aug. 1755.

iii. David, bapt. 19 Aug. 1759; probably d. young.
8. iv. David, b. 5 Feb. 1761 (family records).

6. Newton John 3 Morris {John, 2 Richard 1 ) removed from Mil-

ford to Waterbury, and later to Warren, where he died about

1829. He married first Abigail , who died at Milford

1 Apr. 1792; and secondly, 8 Nov. 1792, Eunice Newton.
Children by first wife:

i. A child, 4 d. at Milford in 1789.

ii. Abigail (probably a child by first wife).

iii. Amy, m. in Mar. 1808 William W. Pbatt.

Children by second wife:

iv. Garry, of Sharon, b. abt. 1793; d. 11 Aug. 1869; m. Hesteb
, b. abt. 1801, d. 2 Apr. 1857. Children (record incom-
plete): 1. Mary* bapt. 15 Aug. 1824; d. in 1827. 2. Mary Jane,
b. in 1829. 3. Francis Pratt, b. in 1833. 4. Harriet Helen, b. in
1835.

v. Pollt, bapt. 14 Nov. 1802.

vi. John.

vii. Rev. Myhon Newton, B.A. (Yale, 1837), b. at Warren 19 Nov.

1810; d. 9 July 1885; m. (1) 10 Jan. 1838 Julia S. Aveet, who d.

: 26 Mar. 1854, dau. of Elisha; m. (2) 8 May 1855 Emeline Whtt-

| man, dau. of Samuel of West Hartford. Myron Newton Morris

was principal of Bacon Academy, Colchester, 1840-1843; studied
for tbe ministry, and was ordained in the Congregational Church
at North Stonington, 15 Apr. 1846; was installed at West Hart-
ford 1 July 1852, where he continued as pastor until 27 Apr. 1875.
He was elected a fellow of Yale College in July 1867, and was
a representative in the Connecticut Legislature in 1872 and 1875.
Children by first wife: 1. Julia Louisa, 6 b. at Colchester 3 Apr.
1840. 2. Edward Livingston, b. at Colchester 19 Sept. 1843.
3. A son. Child by second wife: 4. Rev. Charles Newton, BA.
(Yale, 1882), M.A. (Yale, 1887).

7. David 3 Morris (Joseph, 2 ? Richard 1 ) removed from Milford to

that part of Waterbury known as Salem, now the town of
Naugatuck. He appears in Waterbury in the Census of 1790.
He married Lois Loomis.
Children, baptized at the Salem Church 12 May 1799:

i. Peleg. 4

ii. Alanson, of Torrington, m. in 1812 Lucy Bbace, who d. 20 Apr.

1871. For descendants see Orcutt's History of Torrington.
iii. David.
iv. Marcus.
v. Julius, of Waterbury, b. 18 May 1796; d. in 1864; m. 15 Apr. 1818

Hannah Scovill, b. 13 Oct. 1796. Children: 1. Fanny Jennet,*

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b. 23 Oct. 1820; d. 22 Feb. 1825. 2. Jvlia Ann, b. 14 Sept. 1823;
d. 6 Apr. 1862; m. 28 Oct. 1844 John Hine, b. 23 Feb. 1817, d.
1 Aug. 1855. 3. William Augustus, b. 5 Apr. 1825.

8. David 3 Morris (George, 2 ? Richard 1 ), born 5 Feb. 1761, died
8 Mar. 1810. He married Mary Barthelme, born 25 Oct.
1766, died 15 June 1853, daughter of Claude and Susan
(Plumb). He was a sea captain of Derby.
Children:

i. Eunice « b. 17 June 1787; m. Abram Hawley.

ii. Kezia, b. 8 Feb. 1790; d. 31 Dec. 1874.

iii. Bela D., b. 4 Mar. 1792- d. 10 Oct. 1818; m. Julia Thompson.

iv. Susan, b. 25 Jan. 1795; d. 20 Mar. 1879; m. in Aug. 1816 George

Lines of Woodbridge, b. abt. 1792, d. 16 May 1852.
v. Louisa, b. 23 Feb. 1797; d. 1 Feb. 1814.
vi. Sarah, b. 28 July 1799; d. 9 Sept. 1804.
via. Sarah, b. 2 Aug. 1800; m. George Bbonson.
viii. Mart Etta, b 6 June 1801; m. Jeremiah Thomas.
ix. Bjtta Ann, b. 4 Mav 1803; m. 12 July 1829 Richard Atwater.
• x. John Plumb, b. 8 Oct. 1806; <L 20 Sept. 1807.

III. An Unplaced Family

William Morris of Oxford was possibly a son of George Morris of
the Milford family (5). In 1795 he was chosen as guardian by
Leverett Lines of Oxford, whose mother is said by descendants to
have been Anna Morris. He married first, 28 Mar. 1792, Elizabeth
Thomas, born about 1772, died in 1808, daughter of Reuben and
Rhoda (Clinton) ; and secondly Amelia Thomas, born about 1771,
died in 1853, sister of his first wife.
k*j Children by first wife:

i. Maria, m. Ransom.

ii. Lyman, bapt. 14 Oct. 1794.

iii. Betsey, bapt. 1 Apr. 1797; m. Alltng.

iv. William, of New Haven, b. 6 Mar. 1799; m. . He had issue.

v. Sheldon, b. 8 Apr. 1801.

vi. Elliott, b. 9 Apr. 1803.

vii. Jason, of New Haven, b. 3 May 1805; d. s.p. 28 Mar. 1840; m.

Cynthia Buckingham.
viii. Adeline, b. 9 Oct. 1806; m. Downs.

Child by second wife :
ix. Amelia Luceetia, bapt. 6 Jan. 1812.

GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH IN ENGLAND

Contributed by Miss Elizabeth Fbench, and communicated by the Committee on

English Research

[Continued from vol. 70, page 349]

JOSSELTN

■

The following records establish the English ancestry of John
Josselyn, the well-known traveller and author of " New-Englands
Rarities Discovered" and "An Account of Two Voyages to New-
vol. lxxi. 2

20 Genealogical Research in England [Jan.

England," of his brother, Henry Josselyn, Deputy-Governor of Maine
under the Gorges Patent, and of their distant kinsman, Thomas
Josselyn of Hingham and Lancaster, Mass. From this Thomas Josse-
lyn probably all of the surname in America derive their descent. The
records will be followed by a pedigree exhibiting in genealogical form
the facts which they disclose.

The Will of John Josselyn of High Rodyng, co. Essex, Esq., 1 August
1524. My manor farm once called Davyes and now Newhall Josselyn in
High Roding. A tenement called Bacon's. Tenements in Canfield and
Much Dunmowe called Mayes and Sanders. Land called Bradbuchopes in
Aythorp Rodyng held of the Earl of Essex as of his manor of Aythorp Rodyng.
Land called Churchehope in Aythorpe Rodyng. Manor of Merks in Tylling-
ham. Manors of Shyngilhalle alias Olives and Medling in Great Dunmowe.
Lands in Hatfield called Philpotts and Roberds. An annuity out of lands in
Little Canfield called Hodyngs. Lands in Shellowe Bowells. Lands in
Great Dunmowe called Wallrams. Manors of Keers and Highins in co.
Essex. Manor of Hidehall, co. Herts. Messuage and lands called Fitz
Johns in Moch Waltham and Wrights in Litell Halyngbury. My lease for
nineteen years of the manor of Much Canfield. My lands to my heirs male
and the heirs male of their bodies lawfully begotten, and for lack of such to
my brother Rauffe Josselyn's heirs male and the heirs male of their bodies
lawfully begotten, and for lack of such to my cousin Rauffe Josselyn, son of
John Josselyn late of Sheryng, and the heirs male of his body lawfully be-
gotten, and for lack of such to his brother Philip and the heirs male of his body
lawfully begotten, and for lack of such to Geffry, brother of the said Rauffe
and Philip, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, and for lack of
such to my right heirs. Phillip my now wife. Cecelia my late wife. The
latter's former marriage to John, son of John Fitzherbert. My son Thomas,
under twenty-four. His marriage to Dorothy Gate, daughter of Geffry Gate,
Knight, and an indenture regarding the same dated 18 June, 16 Henry VIII
[1524]. My daughter Anne unmarried. My daughter Jane and her hus-
band. After my wife's death obits are to be said for the repose of the souls
of myself, my wives, Cecelia and Philip, my children, my father and mother,
Thomas Bradbury, George Bradbury, Robert Fitzherbert and Elizabeth his
wife, Thomas Raine, and all Christian souls. Brother-in-law Thomas Brad-
bury, late citizen and alderman of London. My cousins George Josselyn,
Gabriel Josselyn, and John Josselyn. Provision is made for George Josselyn
until he have a benefice. Sir Roger Wentworth, Kt., John, his son, and
his wife Anne, my cousin. Proved 13 February 1525 [1525/6]. (P. C. C,
Porch, 3.)

The Will of Rauffe Josselyn of Moche Canfeld [co. Essex], the last day
of May 1525. To be buried in the church of St. Saviour of Canfeild. To the
mother church of St. Paule in London 12d. To the high altar of the church
of Canfeld, for my tythes forgot, a "blak howyd cow." My wife at her
leisure to deliver a bullock to keep a light before [the image of] St. Nicholas.
To every one of my godchildren 4d. To the reparation of the church of
Canfeild 40s. To my wife Elizabeth all my lands both freehold and copy-
hold, by licence of the lord [of the manor], for life; and at her decease my
freehold land to Philyppe my son, with the tenement called Caldres and
Cokmemys; and if he die without heirs of his body lawfully begotten, then
the freehold land and tenements to Rauffe my son; and if he die without heirs
of his body lawfully begotten, then to my son Nicholas; and if he die without
heirs of his body lawfully begotten, then to my two daughters Agnes and
Denyse and to their heirs, and for lack of such to the next of my blood. To

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my son Rauffe, bis heirs and assigns, my tenement in Canfeild called "loue-
dens." To my sons Philyppe and Rauffe £3. 6s. 8d. apiece. To my son
Nicholas £3. 6s. 8d. at the age of twenty-one years. To my daughter Denys
£6. 13s. 4d. at marriage. To the church of Canfeild three beasts to keep a
yearly obit for my soul, my friends' souls, and all Christian souls. My wife
shall pay some honest priest to say five masses for my soul. Executors:
Elizabeth Josselyn my wife, Philippe Josselyh and Geffery Josselyn my
brothers, and John Wysman my son-in-law. Supervisor: Master Thomas
West. Witnesses: Symond May, Robert Clarke of Walles, and John How.
[No record of probate.] (Commissary Court of London for Essex and Herts
[Somerset House], 1525, original will.)

The Will of Philip Josselyn of High Rodyng, co. Essex, widow, 15 October
1530. To be buried in the Priory of Kings Hatfeild, in the Chapel of Our
Blessed Lady, near my late husband John Josselyn. To the high altar of the
parish church of High Rodyng, for my tythes and offerings negligently with-
held, 20s. My executors to spend £10 on my funeral. Three trentalls of
masses to be said for my soul in the Chapel of Our Blessed Lady in the Priory
of Kings Hatfield. To a priest to sing at the Priory in the said Chapel for my
soul and my friends' souk for twelve months 14s. To the reparation of the
said Priory £10. To the reparation of the parish church of High Rodyng 20s.
To my daughter Annes two gilt salts with drops with covers, a great gilt
standing cup chased with a cover, my little "ivye" pot garnished with silver,
all gilt, a silver and gilt pax, a silver holy-water stoup, the silver sprinkle to
the same belonging, and my great silver and gilt ivye pot, and also certain
linen [specified]. To my [torn] Wentworth my silver candlesticks, two silver
cruets, and a silver bell. To Mary Josselyn a gilt cup with a cover and cer-
tain linen [specified]. To my son Thomas Josselyn a gilt cup with a cover,
my silver basin and ewer, two great pots of silver, parcel gilt, a table cloth
of mine own spinning, being draught work, and other linen [specified], velvet
bed hangings, a damask hanging, sixteen kine, a bull, and all my corn. To
Peter, Henry, and Clare Wentworth, children of my son Wentworth, three
silver goblets with covers. To John, Richard, and Thomas Josselyn three
silver goblets, parcel gilt, with covers. To my brother Henry Bradburye of
London 100s. To Leonard Josselyn my ton of silver, all gilt. To my daugh-
ter Anne my best kirtle of black damask, a black cloth gown furred with
shanks not yet made, and household goods [specified]. To my daughter
Johanne Wentworth my best black chamblet gown. To my daughter-in-law
Dorothy Josselyn another black chamblet gown trimmed with black velvet
and a black satin kirtle. To my cousin Elizabeth, late the wife of Ralph
Josselyn, a black cloth gown furred with calaber and purfled with mink. To
my cousin Annes, the wife of John Wyseman, my black chamblet gown
furred with gray. To Lady Gate a black worsted kirtle and a black gown.
Whereas I hold to farm of the Priory of Hatfeild the tythes of an endward in
Hatfeild called Brounhoe end for divers years yet to come, I give the said term
to Thomas Wyseman. To Thomas Hawkyns of Much Canfeild 6s. 8d. To
every of my servants 6s. 8d. The rest of my napery to be divided between
my children Thomas, Anne, and my daughter Wentworth. To William
Bradbury the younger, son to my cousin William the elder, £10, to find him
towards his learning. To my cousin Humfrey Fitzherbert and his wife a
black gown each. To the miller 40s. that he oweth me. Executors and
residuary legatees: my son-in-law Nicholas Wentworth, Esq., my own son
Thomas Josselyn, and John Wyseman, to each of whom I give 40s., they to
dispose of the residue of my estate for the health of my soul. Witnesses:
Sir Hugh Knokstubb, priest, and Sir Rauffe Wattson, priest. [No record of
probate.] (Commissary Court of London for Essex and Herts [Somerset
House], 1530, original will.)

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The Will of Sm Thomas Josseltn of Newehale Josselyn, co. Essex, knight,
1 October 1561. To be buried in the chancel of the parish church of Sa-
bridgworth, co. Herts. To Dame Dorothe Joscelyn, my wife, all jewels
belonging to her or myself, all plate, household goods of linen or woolen at
my manor house of Newhalle Joscelyn, all cattle, and all corn both gathered
and growing on my lands, she causing me to be worshipfully buried and
paying my funeral expenses. John Gybbe, Thomas Perry, and John Ingolde
are my feoffees of my manor of Highe Rothinge and all my other lands in
High Roothinge, Eythorpe Rothing, Kings Hatfelde, and Canfeld, or else-
where in Essex, as by deed made at Highe Rothing 30 September 1561. My
will is that they shall be seised of the manor from my decease, to the use of
my said wife Dame Dorothe Josselyn and my son John Josselyn for their
lives, on condition that they pay all my debts and legacies, and after the
decease of my said wife and son John, then to the use of the heirs male of the
body of my son Richard Josselyn, and for lack of such issue to the use of my
son Thomas Josselyn and the heirs male of his body, and for lack of such
issue to the use of my said son John Josselyn and the heirs male of his body,
and for lack of such to the use of my son Henry Josselyn and the heirs male of
his body, and for lack of such to the use of my son Edwarde Josselyn and the
heirs male of his body, and for lack of such to the use of my right heirs. To
my said son Edward the custody, wardship, and marriage of Mary Lambe,
which I bought of William Gerrard, Esq., to which marriage if it fortune the
said Edward not to be preferred, then he shall have 20 marks a year for life.
To my son Richard Josselyn all my household stuff at Hide Hall, co. Herts.
To my wife my lease of the tythe of Brounso End with the profits, she paying
to the lord the rent and rjerforming the covenants as specified in an indenture.
H she die before the lease be expired, reversion to my son Thomas Josselyn,
on condition that, if he die without male heirs, he leave the same to my son
Richard. To Jane Kelton, my daughter, now wife of Richard Kelton, gent.,
£100, to be paid out of the lands before mentioned, so that the said Richard
Kelton be assisting to my son Henry Josselyn and obedient in all things
reasonable to my wife after my decease. To John Wentworth, knight, and
to my lady his wife, to each a gold ring of the value of 4 marks. To my son
Glascott and my cousin Mathew Bradbury a gold ring of the value of 26s. 8d.
and a black gown to each. To Dame Jane Wentworth, my sister, a gold
ring of the value of 40s. and a black gown. To the poor of, and to the
marriages of poor maidens in, Sabridgeworth and Hatfelde Brodoke 40s.
a parish. To the same in Shering and Aythorpe Roding 20s. a parish. To
every one of my yeomen servants daily in my household his whole years
wages and a black coat, and to every yeoman servant not daily waiting 20s.
and a black coat. To every servant of husbandry 13s. 4d. and a black coat.
To each maid servant 10s. apiece and a black gown, and to Joyce Wasket
20s. and a black gown. To my son Henry Josselyn and Anne, his wife, 40
marks. My wife shall buy against my burial all the black cloth afore given
and also cloth for all my children, their wives, and children. Executors: my
wife Dame Dorothie Josselyn and my son John Josselyn. Supervisors : my
friends George Hadley, esquire, and Roger Trigge, gentleman, and to them
for their pains £6. 13s. 4d. and a black gown to each. To "yonge Erie" 40s.
To Richard Estegate, my boy, £5. To Richard Lucas £6. 13s. 4d. and a
black gown. Witnesses: John Spryttu, Richard Choppin, Robert Wasket,
John Gybb, and Roger Trigge. Proved 18 October 1564 by Dame Dorothie
Josselyn. (P. C. C., Stevenson, 28.)

The Will of Symond Jossltn of Felsted, co. Essex, yeoman, 15 March
1577 [1577/8]. To be buried in the church or churchyard of Felsted. To
Margarett, my wife, and Raffe Josslynn, my son, all those my lands, tene-
ments, leayes, meadows, pastures, and grounds which I hold by copy of court

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roll of the manor of Felsted, during my wife's widowhood, and from the day
of the remarriage or decease of my said wife wholly to remain to my son
Raffe Josslyn and his heirs. If my wife remarry, my son Raffe shall pay
to her or her assigns £6. 13s. 4d., and if he refuse to pay such sum to his
mother, then she shall enjoy one half of the said copyhold lands during her
hie. To my son Raffe Josslyn and to the heirs of his body lawfully begotten
all my lands, meadows, and pastures lying in Booking, on condition that he
pay to my son John Josslyn £100 within three -years after my decease, and
for default of such payment or if my son Raffe die without issue, said lands
in Bocking to my son John Josslyn and his heirs for ever. To my son Raffe
all my lands, meadows, and pastures in Rayne, to him and the heirs of his
i body lawfully begotten. To my son Jeffrye Josslyn £30 within one year

after my decease. To my daughter Joane Josslyn £30 at the age of twenty
years or day of marriage. Residuary legatees and executors: my wife Mar-
garett and my son Raff Josslyn. Witnesses : Anthonye Hyde, John Belcham,
and John Sp'havke [Sparhawke]. Proved 3 February 1578 [1578/9] by the
executors named in the will. (Commissary Court of London for Essex and
Herts [Somerset House], 1578, original will.)

The Will of Dorathet Josseltn of Highe Roodinge, co. Essex, widow,
late wife of Sir Thomas Josselyn, Knight, deceased, [dated] 1579. To be
buried in Sabbesforde* church next to my husband. To the said church
6s. 8d. To the church of High Roodinge 40s. To the poor of Highe Rood-
inge 20s., to be distributed at my burial. One quarter of wheat to be baked
and given to the poor of Highe Roodinge and Eythrope Roodinge by the
churchwardens of said parishes. To the surveyore of highways and bridges
of Highe Roodinge 20s. To the poor of Hadfeld Brodock 10s. To each of
my sons and to my daughter Jane Kelton a gold ring of the value of 20s. To
Humphrey Josselyn, son to Henry Josselyn, Esq., £6. 13s. 4d. at the age of
twenty-one years. To Richard Lucas, my servant, £6 and all debts and
bills due to him by me. 'To John Casse, my servant, a bullock. To my
other servants their full wages, and 20s. each to those with me at my death.
Executor: my brother Henrie Gate of Seamer, co. York. To my son Edward
Josselyn half my goods. To his daughter Mary Josselyn £20 at the age of
eighteen years. Supervisor: Sir William Cordell, to whom I give a gold ring
of the value of 20s. Witnesses: Richard Lucas, John Pickering, and Hughe
Glave. Proved 11 February 1582 [1582/3] by Sir Henry Gate, the executor
named in the will. (P. C. C., Rowe, 10.)

The Will of Henky Joscelin of Torrells Hall, co. Essex, Esq., 18 August
1587. To my sons Fraunces, Henry, Anthony, and Christopher Josselin
£300 each at the age of twenty-one years. To my daughters Grace, Wini-
fred, Anne, Elizabeth, and Katherin Joscelin £300 each at the age of twenty-
one years or day of marriage. To my bayley Jeffery Tanner 40s. To my
butler Thomas Dennis 20s. To Arthur and Anne Harris, children of my
daughter Marie, £40 each at the age of twenty-one years. To my servant
Robert Cullin 20 marks, and I desire my wife to grant to him my windmill at
Thurrockes for twenty-one years, he paying £3 yearly and making repairs,
having timber delivered to him at Brentwood. My bayley Gregorie Smithe
to have his dwelling at the manor house of Thurrocks and pasture for six kine
and twenty sheep in the grounds thereof for twenty-one years. To my son
Thomas Josselin, toward his maintenance, the lease to my brother of the
manor of Slade and the rent reserved. I desire my wife after my decease to
assure all her lands after her decease to my son Thomas Joscelin and his heirs
male, and for want of such to my son Henry Joscelin and his heirs male, and
for want of such to my son Anthony Joscelin and his heirs male, and for want

* An ancient name for Sawbridgeworth, co. Herts.

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of such to my son Christopher Joscelin and his heirs male. Executrix: my
wife. Proved 25 January 1587 [1587/8] by Anne Joscelin, relict and executrix
named in the will. (P. C. C, Rutland, 5.)

Administration on the goods of Anne Josseltn, widow, of Willimgale
Dooe, co. Essex, was granted 23 April 1591 to Thomas Josselyn, her son.
(P. C. C, Administration Act Book, 1591, fo. 172.)

Administration on the goods of Henry Josseltn late of Torrells Hall in
the Parish of Willingale Doe, esquire, left unadministered by the widow Anne,
his executrix, was granted 30 April 1591 to his son Thomas. (P. C. C,
Administration Act Book, 1591, fo. 173.)

The Will of Jhon Joslin of Revenale [Rivenhall], co. Essex, husbandman,
7 February, 39 Elizabeth [1596/7]. To the poor of Rewynhalle 10s. Where-
as Jhon Josheline, my father, by his last will* gave me £100, to be paid me
within four years after my mother's decease out of one messuage called
boiling hayche, and the annual rent of £3. 6s. 8d. during said time, my will is
that my faithful and well beloved brother Thomas Josline of Rochforde, co.
Essex, shall take the said £100 and the said annual rent, to the use and behoof
of Jhon Joslein, my son, the said Thomas entering into a bond to Thomas Cave,
my father-in-law, or Marie Joslin, my wife, to pay the same when my son Jhon
shall arrive at the age of twenty-one. If he die before that time, reversion to my
daughter Marye Josllin at the age of twenty or day of marriage; and if she die
before said times, reversion to my wife Mary. To my daughter Mary £20 at
age of twenty or day of marriage; and if she die before said times, reversion to
my son Jhon Joslin at the age of twenty-one. I make my wife Marye Joslin
my executrix and give her the residue of my goods for the better bringing up
of my children. Witnesses: Thomas Altile, Thomas Gvee, Jhon Leittel-
berye, and Jhon Hvte. Proved 17 March 1596 [1596/7]. (Commissary
Court of London for Essex and Herts [Somerset House], 1596, original will.)

The Will of John Josltnne of Mountnessinge, co. Essex, yeoman, 21 April
1602. To my son John Joslynne, the elder of that name, £100 which is in the
hands of my brother Rafe Joslynne of Roxwell, to be paid at the age of
twenty-one years and to remain for six years in the hands of my said brother
Rafe, he entering into a bond of £300 to John Brathwaite of Litle Busteede
and John Dod of Chelmsford to pay the said sum at the said time and £6 a
year for the use of the same, to be paid to the said John Brathwaite and John
Dod, which said sum shall be paid by them at the end of the said six years to
my daughter Joane Joslynne, and if she die before her legacy be due, reversion
to my executor. To my son John Josslynne the younger £100 at the age of
twenty-one years, to be made up as follows : £40 in the hands of my brother
Rafe Joslynne of Roxwell, £20 in the hands of John Persevell of Roxwell, £22
in the hands of Thomas Bright of Rettingdon (as appears by a bond in the
hands of John Boulton of Mounthessing), and £6 of the £10 my landlady,
Mistress Traughton, owes me. The said legacy is to be paid to John Dod of
Chelmsfford, who shall bring up, maintain, and educate my said son for the
use of the said £100, he entering into a bond of £200 to my brother Thomas
Josslynn of Rochford for the payment of the said sum. If either of my sons
John the elder or John the younger die before the age of twenty-one years,
reversion to the survivor, and if both die, reversion to so many of the rest of
my children as shall be then living, equally divided. To my daughter Marie
£100, of which £60 shall be paid within one year after my decease and £40
within two years after my decease, a featherbed, bolster and covering, two

* This will is no longer to be found, as the extant records of the Peculiar Court of
Writtle with Rorwell, which are kept at Somerset House, London, go back only as far
as 1618.

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gowns, a box, and a table. To my son John the younger two pairs of flaxen
sheets. The rest of my linen and my pewter shall be equally divided among
my son John the elder and my daughters Mary and Joane, Mary to have the
first choice. My hutches to be equally divided among all my children. To
John Braithwaito of Litle Bursteede £4 of the £10 which Mistress Traughton
owes me. To my godson Thomas Clarke a colt and a lamb. To my man
Richard a colt. My daughter Marie to be governed in the choice of her
marriage by my brothers Thomas and Rafe Joslynn, and if she will not be
ruled by them, then she shall have but £60. Residuary legatee and executor:
my son Henrie Josslynne. Overseers: my brother Thomas Josslynn of Roch-
ford and John Brathwaite of litle Bursteede. I entreat my brother Simon
Joslynn to be assisting to my son Henrie Joslynn in husbanding of this my
farm (wherein I now dwell) three or four years after my death. Witnesses:
Richard Baylie his mark and John Brathwaite. Administration was granted
8 June 1602 tc Thomas Joslynn, uncle on the father's side of John Josslynn, a
minor and executor, during the minority of the latter.* (Archdeaconry of
Essex [Somerset House], Register Stephen, fo. 350.)

The Will of John Jocelyne of the parish of Highe Rodinge, co. Essex,
Esquier, 19 July 1602. " I doe first of all thanke god who havinge compassion
on me whom he created & placed in this woride hath made me to lyvcthe
most p'te of my life in the light of the gospell borne aboute the ende of the yere
of the lorde 1529 when I was drowned accordinge to that my first bringinge
vp in most deepe darknes of sup'sticion and Idolatry beinge taught to pray
to roods stocks & stones only in the latyn tonge aswell publickely as pry-
vately whereof I vnderstoode no worde, and this was then the comon vsage
of eu'y man & woman in those daies but praised be god that hathe made the
gospell so to sprede it self farre & nere eu'ywhere in the lande for thies fiftie
yeres from his first begynnynge (except fyve sup'sticious yeres of Queene
Maries reigne) that ther is none vr ch hath lyved w th in this tyme but might
have plentifully harde thereof." To be buried in the chancel of High Roding
church before the church, where I was wont to sit, and with a stone laid over
me. To " Queenes Colledge in Cambridge where in the yere of the lorde 1549
I was made fellowe of the howse by Doctor Cranmer late Archebushop of
Cannterbury the chief e visiter of the uniu'sity in Kinge Edwardes daies"
£100, to purchase therewith lands for the maintenance of an Hebrew lector
yearly for ever in the said College, wishing no one man to be reader above two
years, but that some other do succeed, that divers thereby may grow learned
in the same tongue. To my nephews Richard Jocelyne, Esq., and John
Jocelyne, gent., his brother, sons of my nephew Richard Jocelyne, Esq.,
deceased, £5 apiece. To my nephew Thomas Jocelyne, Esq., eldest son of
my brother Henry Jocelyne, Esq., deceased, and to my nephews Francs,
Henry, and Anthony, bretheren of the said Thomas, £5 apiece. To my god-
son Thomas Joscelyne, son of my said nephew Thomas Jocelyne, and to my

goddaughter , daughter of my nephew Robert Lee, Esq., and Mary

his wife, £10 apiece. To my niece Wenefride Jocelyne, daughter of my
brother Henry Jocelyne, £10, and to her sisters Elizabeth Jocelyne and
Kathryne Jocelyne £5 apiece. To my bailiff Dennys Goodplay £5 and my
riding cloak. To my servant Henry Newell £5. To my servantold Newell,
the looker unto my cattle and ground, 40s. To my plowmen their-quarters
wages and 20s. apiece. To my godson and nephew Christopher Jocelyne,"~one
of the younger sons of my brother Henry Jocelyne, £10. To my servant John
Allain £5. To my old friend Henry Maynard, Esq., a gold ring of the value
of £3, inscribed " Christus mihi vita," which I will to be on all the rings I give.

* Yet the will distinctly makes the son Henry executor, and he was living when this
adn.inistration was granted. If he renounced his executorship, there is no record of
such renunciation.

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To Mistress Maynard, his wife, a gold ring of the value of 30s. To my
cousins Francis Bradbury, Esq., John Wiseman, Esq., and Richard Francke,
Esq., my sister Mary, wife of my brother Edward Jocelyne, Esq., my nephew
Robert Lee and my niece Mary, his wife, my niece Grace Ball, being another
daughter of my brother Henry Jocelyne, my nephew Roger Higham, Esq.,
and my niece Ann, his wife, my nephew Edmonde Allen, Esq., my cousin
Geffrey Gate, Esq., and my familiar friend Mathewe Salwey, gent., to each
a gold ring of the value of 20s. To my friend William Towse, Esq., a gold
ring of the value of 40s. To Robert Cullyn, who hath been a true and old
servant to our name, a gold ring of the value of 10s. To the poor of High
Rodin g, £5 to be distributed at my funeral. Residuary legatee and executor :
my brother Edwarde Jocelyne. [Signed] John Jocelyne. Witnesses: Ed-
mund Aleyn and Mat. Salwey. Proved 19 January 1603 [1603/4] by the
executor named in the will. Inventory, £1368. 5s. 2d., whereof £780 was in
gold and silver. (Commissary Court of London for Essex and Herts [Somer-
set House], 1603, original will.)

The Will of Thomas Joslin of Rocheforde, co. Essex, yeoman, 5 March
1604 [1604/5]. To be buried in the churchyard of Rocheforde. I give a piece
of land called Lytle Snares, containing 15 acres, in the parish of Hocley, co.
Essex, and in the occupation of William Wells, lying in Grene Street and
abbutting upon the King's Highway leading from Canewdon to Rayleigh upon
the north, to the use of the poor of Rocheforde for ever, the yearly profit to be
employed for buying wood, providing houses, and relieving the necessities of
the most poor, aged, and distressed persons, and not to be employed in bring-
ing up bastards nor for any other intent than is above specified. The minister,
two churchwardens, and four most substantial men of the parish of Rochford
shall have the letting of said land and the distribution of the yearly rent.
And the minister, two churchwardens, and four of the most substantial men
of the parish of Prytlewell, once every year, shall call said parishioners of
Rochford to an account to see whether they have performed the same as
abovesaid. And, in recompense, 10s. yearly out of said rent shall be given
them to be distributed to the poor of Pryttlewell. And if the parish of Roch-
ford shall not employ the same as above specified, then the said land shall go
to the poor of Pryttlewell to be employed as abovesaid. And if it shall not
> be employed by them as above mentioned, the said land shall go to the use of

poor people of the parish of Hocley, and if they shall also fail to employ the
same as before declared, then it shall remain to my heirs. If the said land
come to the poor of Pryttlewell or of Hocley, my heirs, with advice of any
other they shall approve, shall yearly call them to account. If it shall
continue to the poore of Rochford, my said heirs and assistants shall call the
said parishioners of Pryttlewell to an account once in five years. To Ed-
monde Thorneton thelder of much Stambridge, my kinsman Edmonde
Thorneton of Shopland, and John Freeborne and Christofer Pake of Pryttle-
well £40, to be distributed to the most distressed and religious ministers and
' other godly and other religious persons in need. To Mr. Culverwell of Much
Stambridg, Mr. Roger thelder, the preacher (of Weathersfield), and Mr.
Neagoose of Lee 20 nobles apiece. To Mr. Joslinge,* my kinsman, the
preacher of Goodeaster, £6. To Mr. Catlyn of Bromfield, Mr. Andrewes of
Barling, Mr. Dykes, a preacher which is in prison, and Mr. Derrick of Little
Stambridge £5 apiece. To Ezechias and Samuell Lorkin £5 apiece, to be
paid unto their mother within three months after my decease and to be paid
them at ages of twenty-one. To my sister EKzabethe Sumner £20, and to
her children £20. To my sister Jone Lee £20, to be paid into the hands of
John Elliott of Little Stambridge to remain to her use, no part to be delivered
to her husband. To my kinswoman Jone Thornton £20. To my kinswoman

* Rev. Jeffery Josslyn.

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Lyddia Lee £10. To my kinswoman Rose Ellyott £20. To my sister
Phillip Gooddy £10. To my wife's kinswoman Margery Bachiler £10 at the
age of twenty-one or marriage. To my brother Rafe Joslin's children of
Roxwell, which he hath now born, £150, to be equally divided amongst them,
to be paid to them as they shall accomplish their several ages of twenty-one.
To Henrye- Joslyn of Monesinge my land called Thistledons, of 40 acres, to
him and his heirs, the third only excepted, which I give to Margaret, my wife,
during her life. All residue of houses and lands to Margaret, my wife, for
life, and the reversion of one house with appurtenances in Rochford called
Watering, with two yards called Reynes and Culverhouse-hawe, now in the
occupation of Edward Canewdon, to William Taynter and his lawful issue,
and for want of such issue to James Nuttall, my wife's second son, and to his
heirs. The remainder of my houses and lands to John Joslynn, son of my
brother John Joslin thelder, and to his heirs. My lease of the Wickhouse
grounde in Childerditch and Westthornedon to Margarett, my wife, and John
Joslin, son of my brother John Joslynge the younger, during their lives, with
reversion after my wife's death to the said John and his lawful issue, and for
want of such issue reversion to the youngest son of my elder brother John
Joslin and to his lawful issue. Rafe Joslin and Simon Joslin to be guardians
to the said John Joslin, to receive such rent until he be of the age of twenty-
one and then to account and pay to him the said rent. To the poor of Chil-
derditch 10s. a year out of the lease of the Wickhouse ground. To John
Alyor and James Edgiott £5 apiece. To Marie Eve of Rocheford and Thomas
Eve, her son, £5 apiece, and to Suzan Eve and Anne Eve, her daughters,
£5 apiece at the age of twenty-one or at marriage. To my daughter-in-law
Elizabeth Sams, daughter to Henry Sames late of Totham, co. Essex, one
silver and gilt salt with a cover. To my son-in-law Edward Sams £10. To
my sons-in-law Charles Nuttall and James Nuttall £20 apiece. Also to the
said James £80 which the Lady Penellope Rich, wife to the Right Honorable
Robert, now lorde Rich, oweth me. To Thomas Nuttall, son of James
Nuttall, £5. To Charles Nuttall's three children and to James Nuttall and
Mary Nuttall, children to James Nuttall, 20s. apiece. To Jefferye Joslyn
the debt he oweth me. To William Hudson cf Rochford 10s. To my sister
Bayllie's three younger children £5 apiece at the age of twenty-one or at
marriage. To be distributed to the poor at my funeral £5. To all my ser-
vants except Margerie Batchiler and John Allior 10s. apiece. The reversion
of the lease of Doggetts to William Taynter after my wife's decease; and if he
die without issue before the lease expire, the residue of said years to be
disposed of by my wife. Residuary legatee and executrix: Margaret, my
wife. Witnesses: Thomas Burnett, Tobias Hudson his mark, and Thomas
Woode. Proved 12 December 1606 by Margaret, relict and executrix named
in the will. (P. C. C, Stafforde, 92.)

[This will was contested by Ralph Josline and Simon Josline, brothers of
the testator, and by Henry Josline, nephew of the testator; but the validity
of the will was upheld by sentence pronounced 17 June 1607. (P. C. C,
Huddlestone, 60).]

The Will of Christopher Joceline of High Rothing, co. Essex, gentleman,
5 April, 3 James I [1605]. To be buried in the chancel of High Rothing
church and a stone to be laid over me. To my uncle Edward Joceline £29
which I owe him, and to my aunt, his wife, a gold ring of the value of 40s.
To my cousin Henry Joceline a gelding. To my cousin Jane Joceline £5. To
my cousin Mary Lee £6. 6s. 8d. To my cousins Dorothie Joceline, Anne
Joceline, and Elizabeth Joceline 50s. apiece. To my brother Anthonie
Joceline £20 and my goshawk. To my sister Winefride £5 that she owes me.
To my sisters Elizabeth Joceline and Katherine Joceline £5 apiece. To my
old acquaintance Robert Cullen my falcon. To Elizabeth Dunmore, servant

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to my uncle Edward Joceline, 20a. To Thomas Mason, my man, 20s. Re-
siduary legatee and executrix: Marie Joceline, eldest daughter to my uncle
Edward Joceline. [Signed] Christopher Jocely[n]. Witnesses: Henry Joce-
lin, John Monke, John Allan, and William Jinner. [No record of probate.]
(Commissary Court of London for Essex and Herts [Somerset House], 1605,
original will.)

The Will of Henky Josline of Mountnasing, co. Essex, yeoman, 16 July
1611. To the poor of Mountnasing 20s. Towards a new bell for the church
of Mountnasing 10s. To my brother John Joseline the elder and his heirs
for ever all my lands in Writtle, Rockswell, Shelloe alias Shelley, Willingall,
or elsewhere in the County of Essex. To John Josseline the younger, my
brother, £10 at the age of twenty-one. To my sister Mary Joseline alias
Dane £60, and to Richard Dane, her son, £10. To Mary Dane and Sarah
Dane, her daughters, £5 apiece. To Arthur Hunt and Ehzabeth Barton,
both of Mountnasing, 10s. apiece. Residuary legatee and executor: Richard
Dane, my brother-in-law, and he is to deliver £300 to John Joseline the elder,
my brother. Overseer: John Gooday of Roxwell, my uncle, to whom I give
40s. Witnesses: William Simons, Jeremy Felix, Arthur Hunt, Elizabeth
Clarke, and Ehzabeth Barton. Proved 30 July 1611 by Richard Dane, the
executor named in the will. (Archdeaconry of Essex [Somerset House],
Register Blunt, fo. 72.)

Administration on the goods of Francis Joselyn late of Crundon Parke
in the parish of St. Orset, co. Essex, was granted 9 March 1618 [1618/19] to
his brother, Anthony Joselyn. (P. C. C, Administration Act Book, 1619-
1622.)

The Will of Margaret Joslyn of Rocheforde, co. Essex, widow, 11 October
1619. To James Nuttall, my son, £40 at twenty-one. To Elizabeth Nuttall,
daughter of Charles Nuttall (my son), £40 three months after my death. To
Mary Nuttall, daughter of Charles Nuttall (my son), £20 at twenty. To
Susanne Nuttall, daughter of Charles Nuttall (my son), £20 at twenty-one.
If any of these children die, reversion to the survivors, in equal parts. To
Anne Nuttall, daughter to Charles, £20 to be paid at twenty-one, on condi-
tion that her mother shall deliver to my executor within one year after my
decease all bonds as I stand bound with my son Charles for the payment of
any money which shall be due to the children of her former husband. To
Thomas Nuttall, son of James Nuttall (my son), £20 three months after my
decease, and to him and his heirs one cottage in Rocheforde, late in the tenure
of Richard Perryman. To John Nuttall and Charles Nuttall, sons of James
Nuttall (my son), £10 apiece at twenty-one. To William Taynter, son of
William Taynter (my son), £40 at twenty-one, and if he die before, his father
is to dispose of it. To James Nuttall, my son, my lease of that part of Dog-
getts which I have. Residuary legatees and executors : my son James Nuttall
and my son William Taynter. To the poor at my funeral £2. To Charles
Nuttall, son of Charles Nuttall (my son), a colt. Witnesses: John Wilson
and Robert Brathwaite. My sons to have their children's portions in their
own hands and answer the same. Proved 8 February 1619 [1619/20] by
James Nuttall and William Taynter, the executors named in the will. (P. C.
C, Soame, 19.)

The Will of Ralph Josselyn of Roxwell, co. Essex, yeoman, dated 4 August
1626 and signed 3 September 1628. To my wife Dorothy an annuity of £20
for life, in recompense of her dower rights in all my lands and tenements.
Whereas I desire that my wife shall dwell and abide with my two sons Ralph
Josselyn and Symon Josselyn in the house wherein I now dwell, she shall have
convenient lodging there, with free ingress and egress of the said house or

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farm called Bollinghatch, with sufficient meat, drink, apparel, washing, and
attendance, to be provided by my executors, and they shall pay to my said
wife 25s. quarterly during her life, in recompense of both said £20 and her
dower. And if she shall leave my sons' house, then they shall pay her the
said £20 a year and also give to her for her own use six pairs of the best sheets,
two dozen napkins, three tablecloths, and four towels. To my brother Symon
Josselyn, in recompense of his brotherly love toward me and his care of my
children, an annuity of £25 for life and the use of the upper chamber over the
parlor of my said house wherein he now lives, with the bedding in the same
and all necessary implements of household. My executors shall allow him
for life the use of one good gelding or nag with a saddle and furniture. Where-
as I have given to my eldest son John his portion of my lands and other estate
amounting to £800, nevertheless my executors shall pay him £10 within ten
years after the decease of my wife and my brother Symon, if he be living, and
if he be dead, then the £10 shall be paid to his son Ralph Josselyn. To my
son Thomas and my daughter Mary £5 apiece, to be paid within the said ten
years. To my daughter Anna £10, to be paid within the said ten years. To
my son Richard £200 for his portion and in recompense of £15 given him by
the will of my brother Thomas Josselyn, deceased, to be paid within one year
after the death of my wife and my brother Symon; and if they both die before
me, then it shall be paid within four years after my decease. And if my
executors make default of payment of the said £200, then I bequeath to my
son Richard 20 acres of land called Highfield, in Roxwell, and my said farm
called Bollinghatch, to him and his heirs for ever, with a foot-, horse-, and
cartway, for himself, servants, etc., through a field called the field before the
gate, parcel of said farm, to be directly leading next the hedge against Nyne
acres, parcel of the lands called Foulchers, from the King's highway into said
Highfield. To my son Joseph £160 for his portion and in recompense of £15
given him by the will of my brother Thomas Josselyn, deceased, to be paid
within two years after the death of my wife and my brother Symon; or if
they both die before me, then within five years after my decease. And if my
executors make default of payment of the said £160, then I bequeath to my
son Joseph and to his heirs for ever all those parcels of wood and land called
Woodfeilds, Spicers Crofts, and Bollinghatch Grove, with a part of Motts-
hott next to the lane leading to Funbridge end, and to be divided at the path
leading from Woodfeild to Fowchers, all of which said closes before devised
to my son Joseph are parcels of my said farm. To my son Nathaniell £100
for his portion and in recompense of £15 given him by the will of my brother
Thomas Josselyn, deceased, to be paid within three years after the decease
of my wife and my brother Symon; and if they both die before me, then to
be paid within six years after my decease. My executors shall allow my
daughter Elizabeth sufficient meat, drink, and apparel, and all other things
necessary for her maintenance for life; and if she shall survive them, they shall
provide for her maintenance during her life. To the poor of Roxwell 20s.
The rest of my goods unbequeathed and all my said farms, lands, etc., called
Bollinghatch, with all the houses, edifices, buildings, yards, gardens, orchards,
etc., belonging thereto, and all closes, pastures, and wood growing belonging
thereto, and all the ways, waters, etc., lying in Newland, Roxwell, and
Writtle, or elsewhere in the said County of Essex, to my sons Ralph Josselyn
and Symon Josselyn and the heirs of their bodies lawfully begotten. If my
son Symon die without issue, reversion of his portion to my son Nathaniell
and his heirs for ever; and if my son Ralph die without issue, reversion of his
portion to my son John and his heirs for ever. If my sons Ralph and Symon
do not pay the said sums to my sons Richard and Joseph, then this devise to
my sons Ralph and Symon of the said several closes to my said sons Richard
and Joseph provisionally formerly devised shall cease, and the said closes shall
remain to Richard and Joseph according to my former devise. Executors:

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my sons Ralph Josselyn and Symon Josselyn. Overseer: my son Nathaniell
Josselyn. Witnesses: Ma: Bridges, William Rochell his mark, William
Smith, and Cha: Smyth. Proved 4 May 1632 by Ralph Joslin and Simon
Joslin, sons of the deceased. (P. C. C, Audley, 57.)

The Will of Joseph Josltn of Cranham, co. Essex, yeoman, 7 November
1642. Whereas Ralph Joslyn of Roxwell, co. Essex, yeoman, my late father,
did give unto his son Symon Joslyn, my elder brother, four parcels of land in
Roxwell, called Woodfield, the Wood, Spicer's Croft, and the lower end of the
Moteshott, upon condition that he, the said Symon Joslyn, my brother,
should pay to me £160, 1 do give said sum (if it be paid by said Symon) as
follows: to Richard Joslyn, my brother, £40; to Nathaniel Joslyn and
Thomas Joslyn, my brothers, £10 apiece; to Daniel Hudson, my brother-in-
law, £20; to Anne Hudson, my sister, £5 and also £15 more part of the said
£160 which was given to me by Thomas Joslyn, my uncle, and paid into the
hands of Ralph Joslyn, my father; to my cousin Mary Gill, wife of Thomas
Gill of Cranham, £20 of the said £160; to the four children of Daniel Hud-
son, namely, Daniel, Symon, William, and Elizabeth, £5 apiece; to John
Hudson, my cousin, son of Daniel Hudson, £10; to the three daughters of
John Joslyn, my eldest brother, £5, namely, to Dorothy and Anne 40s.
apiece and to Mary 20s; to John Owting of Cranham £4 and a pair of sheets.
If my brother Symon shall not pay the said sum of £160, according to Ralph
Joslyn's will, then Richard Joslyn and Daniel Hudson, my brothers, shall
enter upon said four parcels of land and hold them for ever, paying my
legacies. To Ralph and Symon Joslyn, my brothers, a pair of gloves apiece.
Executors and residuary legatees: Richard Joslyn and Daniel Hudson.
Witnesses: Henry Nevill and George Stondon. Proved 6 December 1645
by the executors named in the will. (Archdeaconry of Essex [Somerset
House], Register Whiteheade, fo. 161.)

The Will of Symon Joceline of East Hanningfield, co. Essex, yeoman,
28 September 1649. To my eldest son Symon Joceline my messuage called
Bouleinghatch, lying in the parishes of Roxwell and Newland Fee, co. Essex,
and lands called Flax Hoppett or Willow Lease, land called Brickhill Mead,
Badhams, Asponfield, Chalke, Pearecrofte, Leather Leise, Hoppet, and also
so much of Moateshott whereof no use is limited by deed of the division of
two parts of the farm called Bouleinghatch made between Ralph Joceline of
Roxwell, co. Essex, yeoman, Thomas Joceline of Barham, co. Suffolk, yeo-
man, and Rebecca his wife, and me, the said Symon Joceline, on the one part,
and Aron Renton and John Parey of London, gent., on the other part. Also
to my son Symon part of the mansion house purchased by me from my
brother Ralph Jocelyne and the land called Hoppett Croftes and so much of
Moateshott whereof no use is limited by deed to my brother Joseph Joceline.
To my son Peter Joceline lands in Rettingdon, co. Essex. To my three
daughters Anne, Sarah, and Grace Joceline £100 apiece as well as the follow-
ing sums bequeathed to them and my son Peter by my late father-in-law
Peter Avecrof te, viz : to Peter £20 at twenty-one, £20 to Anne at twenty-one
or marriage, and to Sarah and Grace £5 apiece at twenty-one or marriage.
My said daughters to be paid my £100 at the same times. H any of my
daughters die, the survivors to be her heirs. To the poor of Roxwell 15s.
Executor and residuary legatee: my son Symon Joceline. Overseers: my
brothers Nathaniel Joceline and Richard Joceline. Witnesses: Thomas
Luncher and George Solme. Proved 6 February 1655 [1655/6] by Symon
Joceline, son of the testator and the executor named in the will. (P. C. C,
Berkley, 54.)

The Will of Ralph Josselin of Cranham Hall, co. Essex, yeoman, 27 No-
vember 1656. To my daughter Dorothy £100 owing to me by Mr. Ford,

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minister of Great Warely, upon bond, she paying £20 to my daughter Grace,
and my said daughters Grace and Dorothy paying between them to my
nephew Ralph Jocelin, minister of Earles Colne, £6 as testimony of my love
to him, Dorothy paying £4. 16s. and Grace £1. 4s. I bequeath all my bills,
rents, goods [etc.], to my daughter Elizabeth, provided she shall not marry
without the consent of Dorothy and Grace and of .my cousin Ralph Josselin.
My executors shall take into their hands the money and goods given to
Elizabeth and allow her the yearly profits thereof, and upon her marriage lay
it out in lands, and settle them upon her and her heirs for ever. And if she
marry without said consent, then my executors shall allow to her and her
children at their discretion the yearly profits of aforesaid goods, and dispose
of the principal estate to her children who shall best deserve the same. If
said Elizabeth die without heirs or before marriage, the goods shall be equally
divided between Grace and Dorothy, provided they pay my said cousin
Ralph Josselin £20. Executors: Ralph Josselyn and my daughters Grace
and Dorothy. Witnesses: Richard Joslin and Ann Hampson.

Nuncupative codicil, 21 March 1656 [1656/7]. To Grace Johnson, my
daughter, wife of Robert Johnson, £20 now in the hands of Captain [ ]

Stracy. Witnesses: Martyn Curtis and Ann Howard. (P. C. C, Ruthen,
511 .) Proved 23 December 1657 by Ralph Josselin, cousin and sole executor.
(P. C. C, Probate Act Book, 1657.)

The Will of Ralph Josselin of Earles Colne, co. Essex, clerk, 1 June 1683.
To my only wife Jane, the wife of my youth, my freehold land called Springs
Marsh and my copyhold land called Stulps for life, with reversion at her
decease to my daughter Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Gilbert Smith of the parish of
St. Martins in the Fields [London], colourman. Also to my wife for life
Stonebridge meadow, being freehold, together with the bridge to be made.
To my wife for her better maintenance all her wearing apparel, the silver and
gold I have given her, certain furniture, brass, plate, pewter, iron, steel,
linen, and all things needful to furnish three or four rooms in my said man-
sion. To my daughter Mistress Mary Josselin, the wife of Mr. Edward Day
of Great St. Martins in the Fields [London], £100; and to her and her heirs
my freehold tenement on Colne Green wherein I now dwell, with the orchard,
barns, stables, and all other buildings thereto belonging, containing half an
acre, the copyhold lands called Upper Coes, containing 20 acres, abutting on
the tenement of one Mole, now in the occupation of Henry Wiseman, the
Green, the road leading off Colne Green towards Colne Engaine, Lower Coes,
lands called Bayleys, belonging to Robert Harris, and land belonging to Mr.
Sibley. A quitrent of 20s. yearly to be paid to the lords of the manor of
Colne Pryory. If my said daughter Mary die without issue, the said property
to Mr. Edward Day for life. If they have issue and desire to sell the property,
they shall offer it to my heirs for a sum not exceeding £400. To my daughter
Mistress Jane Woodthorpe £40. To my wife Jane my two lower broom
fields called Lower Coes, abutting on lands belonging to one Prucknett and
lands which I bought of Mr. Fletcher in Colne. To my daughters Mistress
Elizabeth Smith and Mistress Rebecca Spicer 10s. apiece to buy them rings.
My wife to be executrix, and to have my stock and corn. To my only son
John Josselin all my lands unbequeathed, from the 29th of September next
after my decease, together with Inhams Heme lays and love land that I
bought of Mr. Fletcher and his wife, on condition that he suffer his mother to
lay in what corn and hay she pleases in the boarded barn and one end of the
barn at Fishers, and dispose of the cattle and corn growing on my lands until
the said date. This condition being performed, his mother shall give to him
my fallow in Hobstevens, my six horses, and the young stone colt, and all the
harness, wagons, ploughs, tumbrells, and appurtenances. My library as it
stands I leave to one or two of my grandchildren who shall first enter the
ministry. My household goods I leave to my executrix's pleasure, to be

32 Genealogical Research in England [Jan.

divided into five parts to be chosen by them* according to their ages. Wit-
nesses: Jo: Ludgater, R* Potter, and Humpfrey Rugels. Proved 5 Novem-
ber 1683 by the executrix. (Archdeaconry of Colchester [Somerset House],
Register Collin, fo. 144.)

From the Parish Registers op Bishops-Stortford, co. Herts

1619 Thomas son of Simond and Ann Joslyne baptized 11 July.

1619 Mary daughter of John Joslyne and Anne his wife baptized 12 October.

1624 Rebecca daughter of John and Anne Joslyn baptized 28 November.

1624 Ann wife of John Joslyn malster buried 29 November.

1626 Geofery son of Symon and Anna Joslyn baptized 10 April.

1628 Sarah daughter of Simon and Ann Joslyn baptized 2 July.

1630 Margaret daughter of Symon and Anne Jocelyn baptized 28 September.

1630 Rebecca daughter of John and Helen Josselyn baptized 20 January

[1630/1].
1638 Agnes daughter of Symon and Mary Jocelyn baptized 7 July.

From the Parish Registers of BoBBrNGwoRTH,t co. Essex
1626 Raph Joscelin of Roxwell and Grace Leggate married 29 November.

From the Parish Registers of Chelmsford, co. Essex

Marriagest
1593 John Josselyn and Joan Gooden 30 September.
1600 Richard Bell and Joane Joslin 25 May.
1633 James Joslyn and Ann Allsap 30 April.
1657 Robert Lukyn single and Elizabeth Jocelyn single, both of Roxeffeild,

23 October.
1662 John Neale and Elizabeth Joslyn widow of Little Waltham 28 April.
1669 Symon Joslyn and Abigail Bacon 1 June.

Josselyn Entries in the Parish Registers of Fyfield,§ co. Essex,

1538-1650

Baptisms
1546 Helenora Joslin daughter of John Joslyn born and baptized 1 February

[1545/6].
1546 Ralph son of Simon Joslyn born and baptized 5 December.
1550 Alice Joselyn baptized 13 January [1549/50].

Marriages
1544 John Turnishe and Agnes Joselyn 14 September.
1544 Simone Joslyn and mgaret Poole 12 October.
1544 John Joslyn and Alice Nevell Widow 15 January [1544/5].

Burial
1585 Thomas Joselin servant of Robert Alite 15 October.

Josselyn Entries in the Parish Registers of Moreton,||
co. Essex, 1558-1650

1630 Ralph Jocelin son of Ralph Joslin baptized 14 December.

* This pronoun probably refers to the daughters of the testator.

t The registers of this parish, 1558-1785, were printed by Frederick Arthur Crisp in
1884.

% The marriages in the registers of this parish, 1539-1837, are printed in Phillimore
and Blagg's Essex Parish Registers, Marriages, vols. 2 and 3. These registers have
not been searched for Josselyn baptisms and burials.

§ The registers of this parish, 1538-1700, were printed by Frederick Arthur Crisp in
1896.

|| The registers of this parish, 1558-1759, were printed by Frederick Arthur Crisp in
1890.

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1630 Ralph son of Ralph Jocelin buried 15 December.

1631 Samuel son of Ralph Joslin baptized 19 March [1631/2].

Josseltn Entries in the Parish Registers of Roxwell,
co. Essex, 1558-1649

Baptisms*
1561 Simon Josling 12 October.
1563 John Josline 27 November.
1566 Phillip Joseline 21 August.
1586 Marie Joslin 4 September.
1588 Agnes Joslin 25 August.
1590 Ralph Joslin 8 July.
1600 Joseph son of Ralph Joselin 6 June.
1602 Nathaniell Joselin 29 September.
1604 Elizabeth Joselin 23 September.
1611 Marie daughter of John Joselin 30 June.
1616 Ralph son of John Joslin 18 February [1616/17].

1633 Anne daughter of Ralph Joscelyn 9 August.
1637 Francis son of Richard Joseline 14 October.
1643 Theba daughter of Richard Joseline 3 October.

Marriages^
1566 Peter Saul and Alice Joslin 29 November.
1576 Robert Lees and Johne Joslin 8 July.
1579 John Joslin and Joane Weld 13 September.
1583 Ralfe Joslin and Marie Bright 21 May.
1616 Samuel Hutt and Anna Joslin 30 January [1616/17].
1629 Simon Josselin and Anne Ecroft 2 February [1629/30].

BitrialsX

1578 John Joslin 18 February [1578/9].

1579 Richard Joslin 21 December.
1600 Widow Joslin 31 January [1600/1].
1606 Dorothie Josselin 17 January [1606/7].
1631 Ralph Joscelyn 19 March [1631/2].

1634 Widow Joscelyn 16 October.

1634 — son of Ralph Joscelyn 20 February [1634/5].

1635 An infant of Ralph Joscelyn 7 April.

1639 Anne wife of Richard Josceline 12 November.

[The rest of the Josselyn material will be published in the Register of April
1917. — Editor.]

[To be continued]

INSCRIPTIONS FROM GRAVESTONES AT PLAINFIELD,

CONN.

Copied and communicated by Judge Joss Eben Pkiob of Moosup, Conn.

The following inscriptions have been copied from gravestones
found in numerous small cemeteries and burial lots at Plainfield,
Conn. These graveyards have been classified according to the school

* No baptisms are found on record from 1621 to June 1623.

t No marriages are found on record for the years 1571-1575, 1621, and 1645.

t No burials are found on record from April 1621 to December 1622.

34 Inscriptions from Gravestones at Plainfield, Conn. [Jan.

districts in which they are situated. All the inscriptions legible in a
given lot have been copied, although not all the lots have as yet been
examined. The punctuation is that of the copyist, the punctuation
on the gravestones being in many cases illegible.

Black Hill School District
Bennett Burying Ground

Stephen Bennett, died June 12, 1878, aged 84 years, 9 months, & 7 days.
Emily Bennett, wife of Stephen Bennett, died March 30, 1900, aged 88 years,

7 months, & 16 days.
George C., son of Stephen & Emily Bennett, died Jan. 6, 1839, aged 1 year

& 3 months.
Edwin D., son of Stephen & Emily Bennett, died Oct. 6, 1841, aged 4 yrs.

& 1 mo.
Joseph L., son of Stephen & Emily Bennett, died Oct. 11, 1847, aged 4 yrs.

& 6 mos.
Benjamin, son of Stephen & Emily Bennett, died Apr. 1, 1848, aged 6 mos.
Stephen N. Bennett, born March 14, 1832, died March 24, 1893.
Loren W. Bennett, died Oct. 27, 1886, aged 36 years.
Daniel C. Bennett, died July 6, 1860, aged 27 yrs.
Olive Bennett, wife of Darius C. Herrick, born Apr. 6, 1849, died Dec. 14,

1905. Daughter of Stephen & Emily Bennett.

Cornell-Munroe Burying Ground

Nancy Cornell, died July 24, 1839, M. 31.

Sacred to the memory of Mr. William Cornell, who departed this life Oct. 16,

1810, in the 49th year of his age.
In memory of Mrs. Huldah Cornell, wife of Mr. William Cornell, who de-
parted this life April 26, 1833, in the 65th year of her age.
Mason Cornell, son of William Cornell, passed to the spirit land July 19,

1841, aged 39 yrs. 5 mos. & 4 days.
Philenia Munro, wife of Mason Cornell, passed to spirit land Aug. 19, 1878,

aged 81 yrs. 8 mos. & 19 days.
Infant daughter of Mason & Hilena A. Cornell, born Dec. 14, 1828.
Nancy, infant daughter of Mason & Philena Cornell, died Oct. 25, 1834, M.

9 months.
William Cornell, son of Mason & Philena A. Cornell, was born in Plainfield,

Conn., July 7, 1832, and died in San Francisco, Call., March 23, 1852,

M. 19 years and 8 mos.
Anna Cornell, daughter of Mason & Philena A. Cornell, Passed from this to

a higher sphere May 16, 1855, aged 25 years.
Mason, son of Mason & Philena A. Cornell, passed to spirit land April 28,

1884, aged 45 yrs. 11 mos.
In memory of Miss Mary Cornell, who departed this life Oct. 20, 1834, in the

29th year of her age.
Clarissa, wife of Hezekiah Crandall and daughter of William and Huldah

Cornell, died 7th mo., 21st, 1838, aged 38 yrs. 3 mos. 19 ds.
Erected Jan., 1850, In memory of Gideon Cornell, who was born in Swanzey,

Mass., Oct. 25th, 1728, O. S., and died in Plainfield, Conn., Dec. 25,

1817, M. 89.
Hephzibah Cornell, his wife, who was born in Swanzey, Mass., Jam 14,
1733, O. S., and died in Plainfield, Conn., July 16, 1814.
In memory of Miss Nancy, daughter of Mr. Gideon Cornell, who departed

this life April 21, A.D. 1799, aged 31 years.
Hephzebah Cornell was born April 10, 1774, died April 30, 1847, aged 73.

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Huldah, daughter of Wm. & Huldah Cornell & wife of John Martineso, died

Oct. 26, 1844, M. 19.
Samuel Monroe, died March 29, 1838, aged 45 years.

Sarah, his wife, died Jan. 23, 1865, aged 64 years.
Nancy, daughter of Samuel & Sarah Munro, died Nov. 2, 1855, aged 24.
Sarah Ann, daughter of Samuel & Sarah Munro, died Oct. 29, 1861, aged

31 yrs.
William C. Monroe, 1828 — 1885, 2nd Mass. Cav., Co. D., in 18 Battles.
Margaret A. Matteson, his wife, 1835 — 1912.
E. Cornell Monroe, their son, 1869 — 1909.
John Munro, born in Bristol, R. I., 11th mo., 23rd, 1742, died in Plainfield,

Conn., 2nd mo., 18th, 1829.
Parthania Cornell, wife of John Munro, born in Swanzey, Mass., 1st mo.,

6th, 1758, died in Plainfield, Conn., 11th mo., 6th, 1834.
Parthania, daughter of John & Parthania Munro, born 1st mo., 6th, 1785,

died 1st mo., 16th, 1829.
Minervia, daughter of John & Parthania Munro, born 5th mo., 23rd, 1791,

died 1st mo., 14th, 1839.
• Lewrania, daughter of John & Parthania Munro, died July 28, 1875, aged

88 yrs. & 17 days.
Nancy, daughter of John & Parthania Munro, died 7th mo., 20th, 1890,

aged 96 yrs. 5 mos. & 10 days.
Cornell Munroe, died 10th mo., 8th, 1843, M. 53 yrs. 11 mos. & 24 ds.
' Eunice Cornell, wife of Cornell Munroe, Passed from earth to spirit life

April 20, 1862, in the 65th year of her age.
John Edward, son of Cornell & Eunice Munroe, died 1st mo., 8th, 1835, M.

1 yr. 3 mo. 9 ds.
Abby A. Munroe, daughter of Cornell & Eunice Munroe, Passed from this

to a higher Sphere June 13, 1855, aged 23 years, 6 mos.
John Staples Smith, born in Preston, died in Plainfield, Conn., Nov. 30, 1892,

aged 69 yrs. 3 mos. & 20 days.
Augustus Evans, son of John S. & Frances C. C. Smith, Passed into the

Spirit-Land Feb. 28, 1868, aged 5 mos. & 18 days.

Burial Lot on the Randall Farm

Luke Nichols, died March 18, 1848, aged 64 years.

Mrs. Belinda N. Wilbur, Consort of Mathew G. Wilbur, died June 5, 1842,
in the 35th year of her age.

Flat Rock School District _

fyytx

Burial Lot on the Davis Farm* Kj ' e *•>

North Part
The grave of Mr. Samuel Bissell, who died Feb. 28, 1825, aged 69 years.
Anna, wife of Samuel Bissell, died Sept. 15, 1847, aged 95 years.
Joseph Congdon, died June 9, 1852, aged 59 years.
Polly, widow of Joseph Congdon, died April 3, 1854, aged 62 years.
In memory of Catharine E., wife of Robert S. Tucker, who died June 14,
1833, aged 24 years, 2 months, & 4 days.

South Part
In memory of Mr. Perry Clark, who died May 3, 1800, in ye 76th year of

his age.
In memory of Mrs. Lydia, wife of Mr. Perry Clark, who died April 16, 1806,

in the 78th year of her age.

* This lot is enclosed by a stone wall in a somewhat dilapidated condition, and ia
also divided into two parts by a wall.

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36 Inscriptions from Gravestones at Plainfield, Conn. [Jan.

In memory of Mrs. Mary, wife to Capt. Stephen Clark, who died Mar. 20,

1793, in ye 45th year of her age.
In memory of John, son to Capt. Stephen Clark & Mrs. Mary his wife, who

died April 8, 1791, aged 2 years.
In memory of Miss Polly Clark, daughter of Capt. Stephen Clark & Mrs.

Mary his wife. She departed this life April 12th, 1794, aged 20 years,

8 months, & 25 days.
In memory of Rhobe, daughter to Capt. Stephen Clark & Mrs. Mary his

wife, who died Oct. 3, 1797, in ye 15th year of her age.
Dixwell Lathrop, a Soldier of the American Revolution, died 1841, aged 88

years.
Eunice Davis, wife of Dixwell Lathrop, died 1803, aged 32 years.
Mehala Phillips, widow of Jacob Bennett & wife of Dixwell Lathrop, died

1852, aged 79.
Rachel, daughter of Dixwell & Mehala Lathrop, died 1831, aged 22 years.
Nat Phillips, died Oct. 5, 1829, aged 79. A Patriot's Grave.
Wealthy, wife of Nat Phillips, died May 30, 1827, aged 67.

Gallup Cemeteey

Stephen S., son of S. L. & H. S. Barber, born April 6, 1872, died July 16, 1873.
Thomas Burdick, died Nov. 3, 1883, aged 90 years.
Abigail, wife of Thomas Burdick, died May 27, 1859, aged 62 years.
Charles, son of Thomas & Abigail Burdick, died Nov. 27, 1834, aged 13 yrs.

8 mos. & 27 dys.
Frederick A. Chalker, June 26, 1830 — Sept. 22, 1905.

His wife, Maria A. Wilkinson, June 1, 1850.
In memory of Mrs. Lucy Crary, who died Feb. 16, 1819, in the 81st year of

her age.
Sacred to the memory of Lieut. Benjamin Crary, who departed this life

March 8, 1790, in the 73rd year of his age.
In memory of Mrs. Abigail Crary, wife of Mr. Benjamin Crary, who died

Jan. 30, 1822, in the 87th year of her age.
In memory of Aaron Crary, Esq., who died Oct. 23, 1830, in the 62nd year

of his age.
In memory of Mrs. Harmony, wife of Aaron Crary, Esq., who died Sept. 15,

1812, aged 40 years.
Aaron A. Crary, died Dec. 7, 1880, aged 77 years.

Eliza W. Lee, his wife, died Sept. 7, 1905, aged 92 years.
Charles A., son of Aaron A. & Eliza W. Crary, died June 7, 1866, aged 25

years, 10 months, & 20 days.
John L., son of Aaron A. & Eliza W. Crary, died Feb. 28, 1853, in the 17th

year of his age.
Jennie E., daughter of Aaron A. & Eliza W. Crary, died May 1, 1868, aged

17 years & 7 months.
In memory of Samuel Crary, who died May 10, 1851, aged 49 years.
John Dawley, died May 17, 1880, aged 40 years, 1 month, 25 days.
Ardelia Spalding, wife of John Dawley, died Feb. 16, 1896, aged 65 years,

3 months.
John R. Dean, born Feb. 23, 1805, died Oct. 26, 1870.

His wife, Lucy L. Dean, born Jan. 16, 1807, died July 23, 1887.
James C. Dean, 1830 — 1898.

Catherine, his wife, 1846 — 1876.
To the memory of Christopher Dean, who departed this life Sept. 5, 1821,

aged 69.
To the memory of Mrs. Martha, relict of Mr. Christopher Dean, who de-
parted this life Feb. 9, 1832, aged 64.

1917] Inscriptions from Gravestones at Plainfield, Conn.

In memory of James Dean, son of Christopher & Martha Dean, who deceased

April 14, 1813, aged 4 years & 8 months.
Erected to the memory of Miss Olive Dean, who died Jan. 7, 1815, in the 59th

year of her age.
In memory of Samuel Frink, who died Aug. 16, 1850, M. 86.
In memory of Margaret, wife of Samuel Frink, who died Sept. 15, 1853, M.

89.
Saxton Frink, died Jan. 11, 1845, aged 55 years.
Fanny, wife of Saxton Frink, died Mar. 23, 1865, aged 67 years.
Carohne Frink, died July 30, 1896, aged 75 years, 9 months.
Nelson Frink, died Oct. 7, 1872, aged 48 years.

Caroline Briggs, wife of Nelson Frink, died Oct. 20, 1901, M. 69 years.
In memory of Simon Gallup, who died April 13, 1851, in the 58th year of his

age.
Isaac, son of John & Orra Gallup, died Nov. 9, 1845, aged 10 years.
Benjamin D. Gallup, born May 22, 1828, died June 13, 1907.

Sarah L. Tanner, his wife, born Dec. 24, 1834, died July 27, 1895.
John Gallup, died Feb. 22, 1869, aged 70 years.

Orra, wife of John Gallup, died March 14, 1883, aged 82 years, 5 months.
Albert, son of John & Orra Gallup, died April 17, 1853, aged 23 years.
John R. Gallup, died July 1, 1907, aged 79 years.
Amarilla, wife of John R. Gallup, died Nov. 2, 1896, aged 65 years.
Luetta F., daughter of John R. & Amarilla Gallup, died Mar. 28, 1913, aged

57 years.
In memory of Sally, wife of Benjamin Gallup & daughter of Nehemiah &

Sybel Park, who died Aug. 28, 1828, aged 52 years.
Dr. Alban W. Gallup, Dec. 31, 1803 — April 2, 1879.

His wife, Sally Spalding, Feb. 21, 1812 — Dec. 29, 1893.
Addie A., daughter of Dr. Alban & Sally Gallup, died Sept. 2, 1877, aged 26

years.
Isaac Gallup, died Aug. 16, 1855, aged 61.
In memory of Benjamin Gallup, who died April 11, 1836, in the 78th year of

his age.
In memory of Martha, wife of Benjamin Gallup & daughter of Capt. Isaac &

Margaret Gallup, who died Jan. 23, 1799, in the 42nd year of her age.
In memory of Jonathan Gallup, Esq., who died Aug. 26, 1828, aged 72 years.
In memory of Elizabeth, widow of Jonathan Gallup, Esq., who died Dec. 16,

1849, in the 80th year of her age.
In memory of Jerusha Gallup, died Dec. 7, 1841, aged 93.
In memory of Capt. John Gallup, who died Nov'r the 1st, A.D. 1801, in the

82nd year of his age.
In memory of Mrs. Bridget Gallup, wife of Capt. John Gallup, who died

Sept. 2, A.D. 1809, in the 88th year of her age.
Sacred to the memory of Bridget, daughter to Capt. John Gallup & Mrs.

Bridget his wife, who died March ye 30th, A.D. 1765, in the 13th year

of her age.
In memory of Capt. John Gallup, who died Dec. 5, 1835, aged 85.
In memory of Mrs. Lydia, wife of Capt. John Gallup, who died July 22, 1825,

aged 66 years.
Thomas D. Gallup, died July 25, 1876, aged 94 years.
Polly, wife of Thomas D. Gallup, died Nov. 16, 1865, aged 73 years.
John, son of Thos. D. & Polly Gallup, died Jan. 22, 1826, aged 7 months.
Horace Gallup, son of Thomas Dow & Mary Gallup, Feb. 24, 1821 — Sept.

18, 1911.
Robert Gray, died Nov. 6, 1882, aged 83 years.
Sarah S., wife of Robert Gray, died Sept. 13, 1873, aged 73 years.
Leroy S., son of Robert & Sarah S. Gray, died April 21, 1865, aged 20 yeara.

38 Inscriptions from Gravestones at Plainfield, Conn. [Jan.

S. Gray.

Mrs. A. Gray.

Sarah Gallup, wife of Jeremiah Green, died Nov. 8, 1892, M. 66 yrs. 8 mos.

Jeremiah Greene, died Dec. 3, 1901, aged 76 years, 10 months.

Frances J. Greene, born July 7, 1858, died May 5, 1909.

Lucy E., wife of Benejah S. Greene, died June 13, 1858, aged 19 years & 7

months.
In memory of Jeremiah Greene, son of Mr. Abel Greene, who died Oct. 10,

1824, in the 46th year of his age.
In memory of Hannah, wife of Rodman James, who died May 3, 1834, aged

45 years.
Hannah E., daughter of John F. & Susan A. Kennedy, born Nov. 30, 1841,

died Mar. 9, 1865.
In memory of Charitable Marsh, relict of Nath'l Marsh, who died Feb. 17,

1801, in the 79th year of her age.
Lucy G. Shepard, wife of Samuel Palmer, died Dec. 18, 1890, M. 69 years,

8 months, 5 days.
. Samuel Palmer, died Apr. 28, 1870, aged 66 years.

Lydia R. Ormsbee, bis wife, died Jan. 26, 1885, aged 84 years.
Benjamin, son of Samuel & Lydia R. Palmer, died Mar. 10, 1837, in the

6th year of his age.
William H. Palmer, son of Samuel & Lydia R. Palmer, died Sept. 21, 1837,

aged 6 mos.
Walter Palmer, died Dec. 13, 1907, aged 83 years & 18 days.

Hannah Shepard, his wife, died April 22, 1902, aged 74 years, 11 mos.,
& 22 dys.
Charles Phillips, died Sept. 16, 1855, in the 81st year of his age.
Sabra, wife of Charles Phillips, died Oct. 20, 1854, in the 77th year of her age.
Samuel, son of Mr. Charles & Mrs. Sabra Phillips, died Dec. 19, 1815, in the

5th year of his age.
Jesse C. Phillips, born Oct. 10, 1800, died Apr. 1, 1864.
Amanda, wife of Jesse C. Phillips, born July 10, 1807, died Aug. 6, 1856.
Infant son of Jesse C. & Amanda Phillips, died Apr. 8, 1844.
Nelson L., son of Jesse C. & Amanda Phillips, dec'd Mar. 6, 1850, aged 6

weeks & 4 days.
Harvey Phillips, died July 25, 1864, aged 70 years & 9 months.
Mary Ann, daughter of Harvey & Mary Phillips, died Mar. 4, 1851, aged

4 yrs. & 10 mos.
Elisha P. Phillips, died Dec. 20, 1850, aged 67 years.
Polly Remington, wife of Elisha P. Phillips, died June 16, 1820, aged 35 years.
Mary Northup, wife of Elisha P. Phillips, died Aug. 12, 1834, aged 38 years.
J. Leonard Phillips, died June 20, 1875, aged 45 years.
George H. Phillips, born Oct. 9, 1842, died Dec. 15, 1894.
Denison Richmond, died Feb. 1, 1901, aged 71 years.

Nancy E., his wife, died Jan. 11, 1909, aged 76 years.
Capt. William Shepard, died June 6, 1878, aged 82 years.
To the memory of Mrs; Martha Gallup, wife of Capt. William Shepard, died

July 2, 1858, in the 65th year of her age.
Margaret, daughter of William & Martha Shepard, died Oct. 13, 1842, aged

13 years, 1 month, & 23 days.
John Spalding, born July 2, 1846, died May 19, 1905.
Janette H, wife of John Spalding, died Feb. 3, 1887, aged 34 years, 10 months.
Joseph Spalding, died Mar. 19, 1871, aged 84 years.
Bridget, wife of Joseph Spalding, died July 31, 1854, in the 64th year of her

age.
Esther, daughter of Joseph & Bridget Spalding, died July 27, 1844, in the

55th year of her age.

1917] Inscriptions from Gravestones at Plainfield, Conn. 39

Stephen Spalding, born Feb. 19, 1792, died Sept. 26, 1840.

Ruth Greene, wife of Stephen Spalding, born Feb. 13, 1805, died Sept. 9,

1874.
Henry James, son of Stephen & Ruth Spalding, born Jan. 24, 1834, died

Sept. 10, 1836.
Daniel Starkweather, died June 5, 1858, aged 48 years.
Louisa Frink, wife of Daniel Starkweather, died June 22, 1901, aged 78 yrs.
Jared Starkweather, died Feb. 14, 1894, aged 71 years.
Mary Phillips, wife of Jared Starkweather, died Jan. 20, 1882, aged 59 yrs.
John H. Tanner, p^ied Dec. 11, 1855, aged 25 years, 1 month, 20 days.
Miss Prudence Tue, who died Jan. 13, 1854, aged 81 years.
Mildred, daughter of Wm. A. & Ellen M. Weeks, Feb. 12, 1913 — Apr. 26,

1913.
In memory of Joseph Whipple, who died Aug. 1, 1840, aged 71.
Huldah, wife of Joseph Whipple, died Sept. 18, 1845, aged 84.
Betsey, daughter of Joseph & Huldah Whipple, died July 15, 1832, in her

31st year.
In memory of Henry Whipple, who died July 7, 1824, aged 30 years.
In memory of Zebulon Whipple, who died April 9, 1821, aged 24 years.
Zebulon, son of Zebulon & Huldah Whipple, died May 23, 1821, aged 7 wks.
In memory of Mr. Zebulon Whipple, who died July 2, 1811, aged 81 years.
In memory of Mrs. Mehitable, wife of Mr. Zebulon Whipple, who died Sept.

5, 1825, aged 95 years.
In memory of Miss Mehitable, daughter to Mr. Zebulon & Mrs. Mehitable

Whipple, who died May the 28th, A.D. 1792, in the 19th year of her age.
John, son of Joseph Whipple, died Nov. 17, 1816, aged 14 years.
Warren Wilkinson, died Mar. 30, 1896, aged 79 years.
Hetty A., wife of Warren Wilkinson, died Mar. 6, 1898, aged 65 years.

From a Family Burial Lot*

In memory of Simeon Gardener, who died April 27, 1813, in the 34th year of
his age.

From a "Neighborhood" Burial LoTf

In memory of Mr. John Apley, who died Jan. 28, 1818, in the 88th year of

his age.
Sam'l Davis, died July, 1792, M. 40.
Thankful Davis, died Sept., 1822, M. 72.
In memory of Sally, daughter of Elias & Elizabeth Davis, who died June 22,

1830, in the 20th year of her age.
In memory of Lydia, daughter of Elias & Elizabeth Davis, who died Oct. 12,

1838, in the 26th year of her age.
In memory of Elizabeth, daughter of Elias & Elizabeth Davis, who died

Nov. 18, 1838, in the 20th year of her age.
Lois, daughter to Mr. Josiah & Mrs. Miriam Dean, who departed this life

April 10, 1778, aged 6 weeks & 4 days.
William F., son of Robert & Sally Gray, born Feb. 8, 1840, died Feb. 9, 1842,

M. 2 years.
In memory of Mrs. Hannah Harris, aged 93 years.

In memory of Mr. Daniel Herris, who died Nov. 25, A.D. 1792, aged 91 years.
In memory of Mrs. Lydia Herris, wife of Mr. Daniel Herris, who died June 26,

A.D. 1767, aged 53 years.
In memory of Bathisheba Phillips, who died Nov. 8, 1813, in the 52d year of

her age.

* Near Flat Rock School House.

t This lot is in a pasture, unenclosed and uncared for, and many of the stones are
lying on the ground. There are about 75 graves discernible.

40 Inscriptions from Gravestones at Plainfield, Conn. [Jan.

Ayer Phillips, died Aug. 26, 1835, aged 76.

Anna, wife of Ayer Phillips, died May 9, 1842, aged 77.

Mary, daughter of Ayer & Anna Phillips, died Dec. 9, 1835, aged 41.

Harriet, daughter of Ayer & Anna Phillips, died Oct. 23, 1837, aged 33.

In memory of Miss Olive, daughter to Mr. Daniel Phillips & Mrs. Olive his

wife, who died Sept. 2, 1816, in the 22d year of her age.
Nathaniel Sabin, 1759 — 1829. Soldier in the Revolution.

His wife, Deborah Rice, 1770 — 1856.
In memory of Mr. Samuel Tracy, who departed this life February ye 28th,

A.D. 1789, in the 92nd year of his age.
In memory of Mrs. Esther, wife of Mr. Samuel Tracy, who died May 22,

A.D. 1780, in the 68th year of her age.

Parke Burial Lot*

In memory of Rachel, widow of Aaron Crary, Esq., and relict of Elisha Park,

died June 18, 1862, in the 86th year of her age.
In memory of Mr. Elisha Parke, who died Oct. 11, 1781, in ye 33rd year of his

age.
In memory of Elisha Parks, who died June 7, 1812, aged 41 years.
Lucy, daughter of Elisha & Rachel Parks, died Oct. 20, 1810, aged 13 years

& 4 months.
Samuel, son of Elisha & Rachel Parks, died Aug. 12, 1812, aged 14 years.

iSibbel, daughter of Elisha & Rachel Parks, died April 8, 1807, aged 2 years &
6 months.
In memory of Mr. Nehemiah Parke, who departed this life May 21, A.D.

11825, in the 71st year of his age.
In memory of Mrs. Sibbel, wife of Mr. Nehemiah Parke, who died Aug. 12,
1820, aged 82.
In memory of Mr. Moses, son to Mr. Nehemiah and Mrs. Sibbel Parke, who
was drowned in Martha's Vineyard sound, June 21, A.D. 1806, in the
29th year of his age.
In memory of Mr. Samuel, son of Mr. Nehemiah & Mrs. Sibbel Parke, who

died Jan. 30, 1779, aged 17 years.
In memory of Mr. William Parke, who was killed by a fall from a horse

Feb. 6, 1781, in the 81st year of his age.
In memory of Miss Alice, daughter of Mr. Win. & Mrs. Christable Parke,
who died Dec. 21, 1778, aged 24 years.

Spalding Burial Lot*

Cyril Spalding, died Dec. 31, 1856, aged 72 years.

Martha, wife of Cyril Spalding, died July 30, 1830, aged 41 years.
In memory of Mr. Stephen Spalding, who departed this life Sept. 25, A.D.

1807, aged 53 years.
In memory of Sarah, wife of Stephen Spalding, who died Aug. 2, 1828,

aged 67.
In memory of Nancy Spalding, who died Aug. 18, 1856, aged 73.
Joseph Starkweather, died Oct. 15, 1862, aged 85 years.
Lucy Phillips, wife of Joseph Starkweather, died Sept. 28, 1868, aged 79 years.

Green Hollow School District

Hammett Cemetery

Mary Ann, wife of Parsons Brainard, died April 11, 1859, in the 63rd year of

her age.
Mr. John Brown, died June 22, 1835, aged 80.

* This lot is enclosed by a neat stone wall and is of neat appearance.

1917] Inscriptions from Gravestones at Plainfield, Conn. 41

Phebe Brown, widow of John Brown, died March 6, 1850, in her 86th year.
Carrie Ida, daughter of Simeon & Sarah E. Chamberlin, died Nov. 5, 1863,

aged 3 yrs. 20 ds.
Mrs. Charlotte, relict of Mr. Seth Clapp, died July 13, 1833, M. 71.
Charlotte Clapp, died Aug. 31, 1864, aged 69 yrs.
In memory of Obed Davis, who died July 24, 1837, aged 50 years.
Our Mother. Rhoby, widow of Obed Davis, died Dec. 16, 1864, aged 62

yrs. & 10 mos.
Horace Davis, born Oct. 20, 1825, died Nov. 10, 1896.
John B., son of Obed & Roby Davis, April 12, 1830 — Feb. 27, 1907.
In memory of Caleb Fenner, who died April 9, 1843, in the 77th year of his

age.
In memory of Marcy, wife of Caleb Fenner, who died Feb. 7, 1843, in the

77th year of her age.
Jonathan Hammett, died Feb. 6, 1865, aged 76 yrs.
Augustus Hammett, died July 14, 1857, aged 76 years.
Phebe W., wife of Augustus Hammett, died Oct. 31, 1858, aged 65 years.
Mr. Jonathan Hammett, died Aug. 29, 1824, aged 78 yrs.
Mrs. Mehitabel, wife of Jonathan Hammett, died Dec. 22, 1825, aged 76 yrs.
Chauncey Hammett, born March 24, 1796, died Jan. 3, 1874.
Marcia M., wife of Chauncey Hammett, born Oct. 16, 1806, died May 15,

1896.
Maria Louisa, daughter of Chauncey & Marcia M. Hammett, died at Wood-
stock March 7, 1845, M. 7 yrs. 11 mos. & 23 ds.
Erastus Hammett, died July 12, 1876, aged 85 years.
Priscilla, wife of Erastus Hammett, died Oct. 5, 1889, aged 93 years.
Theodore, oldest son of Erastus and Priscilla Ha mm ett, died Jan. 15, 1905,

aged 84 yrs. 4 mos. 18 days.
Philena L., daughter of Calvin & Olive Hubbard and wife of Theodore

Hammett, died Dec. 29, 1889, aged 64 yrs. 3 mos. 17 days.
Hattie H., daughter of Theodore & Philena Hammett, died May 26, 1863,

aged 6 mos.
Olive P., daughter of Theodore & Philena Hammett, died Mar. 29, 1881,

aged 21 yrs. 5 mos. 23 ds.
Carrie L., youngest daughter of Theodore & Philena L. Hammett, died Oct. 9,

1885, aged 16 yrs. 1 mo. 10 ds.
Jenks Hawkins, died Sept. 7, 1872, aged 58 yrs.
Lucy Ann, wife of Jinks Hawkins, died Dec. 7, 1852, aged 42.
Ralph A., son of Jenks & Lucy A. Hawkins, died Nov. 18, 1847, M. 2 yrs.

8 ms.
Henry A., son of Jenks & Lucy Hawkin s , died in the service of his Country

at Ohio, 1865, aged 26 yrs.
In memory of Hiram Hawkins, who died Jan. 21, 1852, in the 30th year of

his age.
Gaudis F. Hawkins, son of Joseph & Rachael Hawkins, died March 3, 1855,

aged 22 yrs.
Andrew, son of Joseph & Rachel Hawkins, died Nov. 24, 1841, Mt. 11 yrs.
In memory of Daniel Hawkins, who died Oct. 11, 1844, Mt. 24 yrs.
Arnold Hawkins, died July 9, 1847, in the 60th year of his age.
Marcy, widow of Arnold Hawkins, died Feb. 18, 1867, in the 80th year of her

age.
Infant daughter of Arnold & Marcy Hawkins, died Oct. 22, 1833.
George C. Hubbard, born Jan. 15, 1815, died Mar. 13, 1903.
Mary A., wife of George C. Hubbard, born July 29, 1815, died Dec. 23, 1874.
William H, son of George C. & Mary A. Hubbard, died Oct. 20, 1848, aged

5 yrs. 8 mos. & 26 ds.
Two infant children of G. C. & M. Hubbard, died April 16, 1849.

42 Inscriptions from Gravestones at Plainfield, Conn. [Jan.

Edward P. Hubbard, son of George C. & Mary A. Hubbard, died March 12,

1856, aged 4 yrs. 10 mos.
Capt. Calvin Hubbard, died March 11, 1862, aged 80 yrs.
Olive, wife of Capt. Calvin Hubbard, died Aug. 25, 1850, aged 63.
Elisha W., son of Calvin & Olive Hubbard, died Jan. 22, 1812, aged 5 mos.

& 16 dys.
Leilar Maria, daughter of Merrill W. & Ruth A. Jackson, died Feb. 27, 1861,

aged 3 yrs. 1 mo. & 4 dys.
In memory of Miss Meribah A., daughter of Mr. Joseph & Mrs. Judah Kies,

who died April 22, 1839, aged 28 years.
In memory of Miss Phila, daughter of Mr. Joseph & Mrs. Judah Kies, who

died July 26, 1842, in the 35th year of her age.
In memory of Joseph Kies, who died Oct. 6, 1847, in the 72nd year of his

age.
In memory of Juda Kies, widow of Joseph Kies, who died Feb. 18, 1848, aged

64 years & 9 months.
Harry E., son of George L. & Celia A. Mason, died Jan. 15, 1881, M. 18 days.
Edward G. Parker, Co. H, 5th U. S. Cav., born Nov. 26, 1851, died Sept. 13,

1897.
Mother. Mary F., wife of Edward G. Parker, died Apr. 6, 1902, aged 51 yrs.
Hattie May, Aug. 12, 1892 — Dec. 29, 1892.

Gladice Rice, Feb. 12, 1893 — June 11, 1896.
Children of E. G. & M. F. Parker.
Jabez Parkhurst, died April 21, 1843, Mt. 66.

Sally Parkhurst, wife of Jabez Parkhurst, died July 25, 1844, Mt. 60.
Frank Irving, died Aug. 20, 1859, aged 2 mos. & 6 days.

George Davis, died Oct. 19, 1858, aged 3 mos. & 12 days.
Sons of Hiram G. & Maria B. Phillips.
A. LaRoy Prentice, died in the service of his Country at Falmouth, Va.,

Dec. 9, 1862, aged 42.
In memory of Eunice W. Prentice, wife of A. LaRoy Prentice and daughter

of Azariah & Anna Spalding, who died Dec. 4, 1847, aged 25.
Laroy, son of A. Laroy & E. W. Prentice, died Dec. 9, 1847, M. 22 days.
Millia H., wife of George H. Rood, died Oct. 30, 1862, aged 32 yrs.
Azariah Spaulding, died April 21, 1870, in the 75th year of his age.
Anna Wilson, wife of Azariah Spaulding, died June 5, 1888, in the 59th year

of her age.
George W., son of Azariah & Anna Spalding, died Nov. 15, 1835, iEt. 1 day.
Harriet A., daughter of Azariah & Anna Spalding, died June 11, 1855, aged

28 years & 7 mo.
Mary Spalding, died Dec. 14, 1841, Mt. 22 yrs.
William Sweet, died Oct. 5, 1865, aged 68 yrs.
Betsey, wife of William Sweet, died Aug. 31, 1866, aged 73 yrs.
Hattie A., wife of Albert Wheaton, died Apr. 20, 1873, aged 26 yrs. 6 mos. &

28 days.
Mary F., wife of John S. Wilson, died Aug. 9, 1852, aged 22.
Elias F. Wilson, died March 22, 1878, aged 29 yrs. 1 mo. & 21 days. Co. A,

8th Regt. Conn. Vol.

Pond Hill School District

Burial Lot on the Alexander Hill Farm

Remember Me. In memory of Experience, the Relict of Mr. Eben'r Kings-
bury, who died Nov'r 6th, 1803, in the 83rd year of her age.

In memory of Eben'r Kingsbury, who died Jan'y 19th, 1796, in the 79th yr.
of his M.

1917] Inscriptions from Gravestones at Plainfield, Conn. 43

South School District

Rood Burial Lot*

Sarah, daughter to George C. & Eliza E. Hazard, died Dec. 19, 1827, aged

7 months.
Edward C, son of George C. & Eliza E. Hazard, died Sept. 16, 1831, aged

6 years.
Joseph T. Rood, died Nov. 13, 1884, aged 52 years.
Mr. Joseph Rude, died March 9, 1799, in the 74th year of his age.
In memory of Martha, wife of Joseph Rude, who died Nov. 16, 1824, in the

71st year of her age.
Robert H. Rude, died August 7, 1861, aged 79 years & 9 months.

Bueial Lot on the Joseph RooDE*FARMf I

In memory of Christopher Avery, who died March 10, 1837, aged 55.

In memory of Olivia Avery, wife of Christopher Avery, who died Dec. 13,

1843, aged 58.
In memory of Mrs. Mehitable, wife to Mr. Aaron Baldwin, who died April 6,

1808, in the 59th year of her age.
In memory of Mrs. Mary, wife of Mr. Samuel Baldwin, who died NoVr 3,

1805, in the 21st year of her age.
In memory of Mrs. Mary Bennett, wife of Dea. Amos Bennett, who died

July 20, 1833, aged 52 years.
In memory of Mrs. Hannah, wife of Dea. Daniel Bennett, who died June 8,

1829, aged 70 years.
In memory of Mr. Peleg Fry, who died Sept. 3, 1823, in the 67th year of his

age.
Barbara, wife of Peleg Fry, died June 21, 1850, aged 88.
In memory of Miss Rhobee, daughter to Mr. Peleg Fry & Mrs. Barbara his

wife, who died Sept. 14, A.D. 1805, aged 21 years.
In memory of Miss Sarah, daughter to Mr. Peleg & Mrs. Barbara Fry, who

died Sept. 2, 1817, aged 35 years.
In memory of Capt. Seers Harris, who died Feb. 8, 1825, aged 80 years.
In memory of Mrs. Elizabeth, wife of Capt. Seers Harris, who died April 4,

1822, aged 78 years.
In memory of Miss Mary, daughter to Capt. Seers & Mrs. Elizabeth Harris,

who died Oct. 4, 1821, aged 50 years.
In memory of Mrs. Anna Herrington, wife of Timothy Herrington, who died

January ye 12th, 1782, aged 36 years.
Flora Olivia, daughter of James & Mary Hoxie, died Oct. 5, 1859, M. 2 years.
In memory of David Lawrence, who died Nov. 19, 1837, aged 76 years.
Marvel, widow of David Lawrence, died Aug. 18, 1851, M. 80 years.
Augustus Ludlow, Co. G, 12th Conn. Inf.
George Shay, Co. E, 14 Reg't Conn. Vols., died June 1, 1883.
Jared F. Wilbur, Co. D, 12 Reg't Conn. Vols., died Nov. 7, 1884.

Stone Hill School District

Hopkins Bueial Lot J

Nancy A., wife of Harden H. Fenner, died Feb. 17, 1853, aged 22 years.
George Hopkins, died Jan. 24, 1829, aged 78 years.
William S. Hopkins, died July 31, 1881, aged 89 years.

* This lot is enclosed by a neat stone wall, but is overgrown with brush and weeds.
t More than 60 graves are discernible in this lot, which is unenclosed and overgrown
with brush.

% This lot is enclosed by a neat stone wall, but is otherwise in a neglected condition.

44 Record of Deaths at Middlebury, Vt. [Jan.

Agenanth Hopkins, wife of William S. Hopkins, died Dec. 22, 1866, aged

54 years.
George W. Hopkins, son of William S. & Agenanth Hopkins, died Sept. 11,

1831, aged 4 weeks.
Orrin F., son of William S. & Agenanth Hopkins, died Feb. 23, 1837, aged 4

years & 6 months.
Julia A., daughter of William S. & Agenanth Hopkins, died Feb. 21, 1851,

aged 4 years & 8 months.

[To be continued]

RECORD OF DEATHS KEPT BY MRS. SALLY DEWEY
OF MIDDLEBURY, VT.

Copied and communicated by Willis Alonzo Dewey, M.D., of Ann Arbor, Mich.

The following records have been transcribed from records kept at
Middlebury, Vt., by Mrs. Sally (Cushman) Dewey, who died at
Middlebury 27 Aug. 1876, aged 88 years, wife of Enoch Dewey and
grandmother of the transcriber. She was descended from Robert 1
Cushman, the agent of the Leyden Pilgrims in England, and his first
wife, Sara Reder, through Elder Thomas 2 Cushman of the Plymouth
Colony, who married Mary 2 Allerton (Isaac 1 ), Isaac, 3 who married
Mary Packard, Ichabod, 4 who married Patience Holmes, Ichabod, 5
who married Patience Mackfun, and Ichabod, 6 her father, who
married Molly Morton.*

These records have been arranged in chronological order, but the
spelling and style of the original entries have been followed as closely
as possible. Words and statements enclosed in brackets are notes
added by the transcriber, from personal knowledge or from cemetery
records. Names enclosed in parentheses are the maiden names of
wives or widows.

[Record of Deaths]

Oct. 14, 1804 My father, Ichabod Cushman died, aged 46 years, 6 mos.
May 20, 1820 Brother Ichabod Cushman's wife died, aged 33. [Nancy

(Blimer) of Boston.]
July 9, 1821 Aunt Patta Fuller died and was buried the 11th. [Martha

(Dewey), wife of Jacob Fuller.]
Aug. 11, 1821 Aunt Polla Noble died and was buried the 12th, aged 26.

[Mary (Smith) Noble, daughter of Challenge Smith of

Hadam, Conn., and wife of Samuel Noble.]
Nov. 30, 1821 Deacon Curbay's [Kirby's] son was killed by the fall of sand

on him while digging to procure a quantity of it.
Apr. 2, 1822 Mrs. Clarissa Wainright died, and was buried the 6th. [Wife

of Alfred Wainwright.]
Apr. 25, 1822 Brother Josiah Cushman died aged 22 yrs. 9 mos. 16 days.
May 3, 1822 Mr. Francis Deer died, aged 23.
July 8, 1822 Mr. Freedom Loomis died, aged 56. [His first wife was

daughter of Abisha Washburn.]

* For the English home and ancestry of Robert 1 Cushman see Register, vol. 68,
pp. 181-185.

1917] Record of Deaths at Middlebury, Vt. 45

Dec. 4, 1822 Mr. Moses Sheldon Case died.

Dec. 11, 1822 Mr. Bela Munger died and was buried the 13th, aged 68.
Sept. 19, 1823 A daughter of John Morton, Jr., and Cynthia died. [Caro-
line Elizabeth Morton.]
May 13, 1824 Cynthia Morton, wife of John Morton, Jr., died aged 38.
May 27, 1824 Miss Jane Barnaby died, aged 15 years.
May 31, 1824 Mr. Elisha Hulbut of Cornwall, Vt. was drowned in Otter

Creek while bathing. Aged 64. [He was from Canaan,

Conn., and was a Revolutionary soldier.]
June 5, 1824 In this town [Middlebury] Charles Martin son of William B.

Martin aet six years.
June 11, 1824 Martha Maria Bent, aet 16 years.
Feb. 13, 1825 Miss Polly Brooks, aged 30.
Apr. 8, 1825 George Henry Eastman, aged 6 mos.
Apr. 9, 1825 Mrs. Frances Phelps wife of Samuel S. Phelps, Esq. aet 32

years.
May 15, 1825 Henry Nichols' wife died.
Mav 23, 1825 Mrs. Ealse [Eells] died.
July 1, 1825 Mr. Keeler died.
Aug. 14, 1825 In the Village [Middlebury], Mrs. Rhoda McDonald consort

of Mr. Lewis McDonald, aged 49.
Aug. 18, 1825 In Locke, N. Y., Mr. Steven Goodrich, aged 64, formerly of

this place.
Sept. 17, 1825 Mr. Isaac Markham died aged 30, and was buried the 18th.
Nov. 6, 1825 In the Village, Elizabeth Rebekah Bent, aged 15 years.
Nov. 15, 1825 In the Village, Miss Anna G. Page, daughter of Joseph Page

of Hancock, aged 16.
Nov. 27, 1825 Mr. James Morrison died and was buried the 29th.
Dec. 23, 1825 Mrs. Weaver died.
Jan. 3, 1826 In Salisbury, Miss Laura Flagg, daughter of Mr. Plina Flagg,

aged 21.
Jan. 14, 1826 In this town Mr. David Wood died, likewise Mrs. Fanna

Hotchkiss died same day.
Jan. 21, 1826 Miss Polla Washburn died aged 63 and was buried the 22nd.
Jan. 23, 1826 Mrs. Munger died and was buried the 25th.
Jan. 27, 1826 Mr. Yale died and was buried the 29th.
Jan. 31, 1826 Mr. John Morton died.
Feb. 1, 1826 Mrs. Sarah Deere died and was buried the 3rd, aged 49.

[Wife of William R. Deere.]
Feb. 1, 1826 Miss Ruama Foot died and was buried the 3rd, aged 37.
Feb. 3, 1826 Mrs. Wilcox died and was buried the 5th.
Feb. 4, 1826 A Scotch woman died.
Feb. 5, 1826 A black woman died.
Feb. 7, 1826 President Bate's [President of Middlebury College] wife and

child died and were buried the 9th.
Feb. 13, 1826 Miss Porter died.

Feb. 13, 1826 Mr. Reuben Munger died and was buried the 17th, aet 72.
Mar. 1, 1826 Uncle Ichabod Morton died, aged 65. [Son of Ichabod and

Deborah Morton.]
Mar. 3, 1826 Old Mrs. Page was buried.
Mar. 23, 1826 Mrs. Craft died.
Mar. 24, 1826 Doc. Allen's wife died aged 31.
Mar. 26, 1826 Mr. Harvey Bell's wife died aged 30.
Mar. 26, 1826 Elder Goodsell's wife died.

Mar. 30, 1826 Mrs. Love B. Dyer, wife of Mr. Joseph Dyer died aged 24.
Mar. 31, 1826 The Rev. Mr. Green's wife died aged 28. Belonging in

Brandon.

Mar. 31, 1826

Nov. 2, 1826

Nov. 8, 1826
Nov. 17, 1826

Record of Deaths at Middlebury, Vt.

[Jan.

Nov. 27,
Dec. 22,
Dec. 26,
Jan. 11,
Feb. 12,
Feb. 14,
Mar. 1,
Mar. 9,

1826
1826
1826
1827
1827
1827
1827
1827

Mar. 13, 1827

May 27, 1827

June 29, 1827
Aug. 26, 1827

Sept. 19, 1827

Oct. 26, 1827
Nov. 1, 1827

Nov. 19, 1827

Nov. 24, 1827
Dec. 19, 1827

July 2, 1828

July 20, 1828
Aug. 1, 1828

Aug. 6, 1828

Sept. 13, 1828
Sept. 18, 1828

Oct. 13, 1828
Oct. 16, 1828

Dec. 11, 1828
May 18, 1829
June 10, 1829

June 20, 1829

Mr. Henry Lane aged 24 and a child of Mr. Benjamin H.

Estes died aged 4 years.
In Cornwall Mr. Orrin Field's wife died aged 29 years.
In Salisbury Mrs. Laura, wife of Captain Rufus Story aged

43 years.
Margaret Virginia daughter of Jonathan Hager, Esq., aged

6 mos.
At Milledgeville, Ga., Mr. Orin Shaw formerly of this town.
At Peru, N. V., Cynthia Malissa, only child of Royal and

Nancy Dewey, aged 3 mos. and 15 days.
In this town Mrs. Sophronia, wife of Mr. Joseph Sargent.
In this town, Mr. Aaron Loveland aged 64.
In New Haven, Mrs. Anna Bostwick, aged 68.
Mrs. Emery died and was buried the 12th.
Mrs. Clarissa Wainwright's Babe died.
Mrs. Beech hung herself and was buried the 17th.
Thomas Eldridge died.

Mrs. Huntington died aged 73. [Olive, wife of John Hunt-
ington.]
Dea. Levi Smith's wife, named Mehitable, died, was buried

the 15th, aged 62.
In the Village, Mrs. Huldah Henshaw aged 94 years.

[Daughter of Dea. John and Mary Stillman.]
Mr. Robert Huston died aged 77 and was buried the 30th.
Mr. Phillip Foot died and was buried the 28th, aet 75. [A

Revolutionary soldier, born 29 July 1752, eldest son of

Daniel and Martha (Stillman) Foot.]
Mr. Jeremiah Bradley of New Haven died and was buried

the 21st.
Mr. Alvert's [Alvord's] child died, was buried the 27th.
Mr. John Foot's wife Lucy [(Thayer)] aged 56 died and was

buried the 3rd.
Mrs. Margaret Wadsworth, wife of Israel, died and was buried

the 21st. She was 67 on the 9th of October.
In Cornwall, William Slade Esq., aged 73 years.
Old Mrs. Hyde died aged 77. [Esther, wife of Joshua Hyde,

of Salisbury, Conn.]
Mr. Darius Tupper died and was buried the 4th, aged 74.

[A Revolutionary soldier.]
Mrs. Brown died and was buried the 22nd.
Mrs. Abagail Tillotson, wife of John, died and was buried the

3rd, aged 53.
Mr. Moses Sheldon died and was buried the 7th. [He was

born at Salisbury, Conn., 29 Mar. 1752, and married in

1782 Hannah, daughter of Samuel Keep.]
Mr. George Austin's wife died.
Cousin Joseph Cushman died. [Son of Holmes Cushman,

of Hartland, Vt.]
Old Mr. Forbes died.
Old Mr. Joshua Hyde died and was buried the 18th. [Born

at Lebanon, Conn., 11 Nov. 1750, a Revolutionary soldier,

one of the earliest settlers in Middlebury.]
Mr. Caleb Crook of Salisbury died and was buried the 12th.
Aunt Betsy Morton died. [Wife of Elisha Morton.]
Mr. John Simmons aged 53, from Ashford, Conn., Mr. Foot

and Mrs. Severance all died.
Miss Fanna Crook died.

1917] Record of Deaths at Middlebury, Vt. 47

June 24, 1829 George Morton son of James Morton died.

July 28, 1829 Uncle Elisha Morton died, aged 75. [A descendant of

George 1 Morton through Ephraim, 2 Eleazer, 3 Nathaniel, 4

and Ichabod, 6 his father.]
July 30, 1829 Old Mr. Steward [? Stewart] died.
Aug. 28, 1829 Col. John Chipman died and was buried the 29th. [Born

12 Oct. 1745, a Revolutionary soldier.]
Sept. 3, 1829 Mr. William Carts' wife died aged 42 years.

In Shoreham, Col. Joel Doolittle, aged 76.
Sept. 17, 1829 Mr. Smith's child died and was buried the 18th.
Sept. 27, 1829 Uncle Junior Nobles died at Detroit.
Jan. 26, 1830 Old Mrs. Carpenter died and was buried the 27th. [Hannah

(Lurvey) Carpenter, wife of Nathan Carpenter, who

married first John Andrews.]
Apr. 10, 1830 Cousin Nancy Breckenridge died. [Daughter of Ichabod

and Bathsheba Morton, and wife of Myron Breckenridge.]
May 24, 1830 Mr. Martin S. Dorance's wife died and was buried the 27th.

[Harriet B. Dorance, aged 25.]
Sept. 19, 1830 In the Village Miss Catherine Fitch aged 21 years.
Oct. 26, 1830 In this town Miss Pamela White aged 28 years.
Oct. 26, 1830 In the Village very suddenly Mrs. Samuel Clark.
Nov. 1, 1830 Mrs. Sarah Booth died and was buried the 3rd, aged 21.
Jan. 30, 1831 Grandmother Nobles died aged 76 years and 3 months.

[Martha (Foote), daughter of Daniel. She married first

Enoch Dewey, and secondly Roger Nobles.]
Mar. 7, 1831 Mrs. Cushman died. [Nancy (Tewksbury), daughter of

Jacob of Newbury, Vt., and wife of Zebina Cushman of

Ripton, Vt.]
Apr. 10, 1831 Mr. Zela Brook's daughter died.
Apr. 29, 1831 Mr. Orin Stowell killed himself by taking Laudanum.
June 12, 1831 Mrs. Carter died.
June 12, 1831 Miss Nancy Hastings died.

July 28, 1831 Deacon Curbey died aged 63. [Joseph Kirby, son of Abra-
ham.]
Sept. 6, 1831 Mr. Abel Case died aged 61. [Brother of Nathan Case.]
Dec. 9, 1831 Mr. Ephrium Wood died. [Aged 87, a Revolutionary

soldier.]
Dec. 28, 1831 Mr. Joseph Buttle's [? Buttolph's] wife died.
Jan. 14, 1832 Mr. Jonathan Smith's child died aged 1 year.
Feb. 26, 1832 Mrs. Lucy Sheldon died.

Apr. 20, 1832 Sqr. Jonathan Blinn died and was buried the 23rd. Age 71.
Apr. 25, 1832 Mr. Lemuel Scott died, aged 52.
May 5, 1832 Mrs. Miller died.
May 18, 1832 Mrs. Sarah Hood died.

June 2, 1832 Mr. Branch died. [Rev. Dr. Asa Branch, aged 48.]
June 4, 1832 Mrs. Hier died.
Sept. 22, 1832 Mrs. Silence Foot died aged 68. [Silence (Clark), first wife of

Freeman Foot.]
Oct. 7, 1832 Miss Elizabeth Nichols daughter of Mr. Horace Nichols.
Nov. 4, 1832 Loyal Everts died, a son of Mr. Abner Everts, aged 21.
Nov. 20, 1832 Mr. Norman Boardman's child died.
Nov. 23, 1832 Mr. Walter W. Loomis died, aged 36.
Dec. 19, 1832 Sarah Clark died aged 6 years 9 mos.
Jan. 6, 1833 Mrs. Simmons child died.

Feb. 1, 1833 Mr. Clark [and Harriet] Foot's child named Harriet died.
Feb. 14, 1833 Mr. Alvord's child died.
Feb. 17, 1833 Mr. Goodnoe's child died.

48 Record of Deaths at Middlebury, Vt. [Jan.

Mrs. Porter died.

Mr. Martin Foot's child died.

Mr. Chapman's child died.

Mrs. Althea A. Pettingill died and was buried the 14th.

[Daughter of Martin and Hannah Foot.]
Mr. Moses Goodrich's child died and was buried the loth.
Deacon [Martin N.] Foot died aged 42 and was buried 24th.

[Son of Martin Foot and grandson of Daniel Foot.]
Mr. Ira Allen's daughter died.
Brother Earl Cushman's wife, named Roxena [(Warner)]

died aged 37.
Mrs. Bates died.
Mrs. Powel died.

Napoleon Flint was shot dead and was buried Oct. 1st.
Mrs. Newton of Salisbury died and was buried the 10th.
Mrs. Pray died.
Miss Eliza Abbey died.
Mrs. Cumings died.

Mr. Cephas Nelson died and was buried Mar. 1st.
Mr. John Wainright's son died.
Mrs. Hill died.

Mr. Wilcox's son was drowned.
A young man died at Mr. Nichol's
Mr. [Rev. George] Leonard died in Salisbury, aged 52.
The Rev. Mr. Merrill's wife died and was buried the 8th.
Nine persons were drowned at Catlins Ferry [on Lake Cham-
plain] and were all but one found and buried the 24th.
Old Mr. Wainright died.
Mrs. Smith of New Haven died.
Mr. Hiram Champlain's child died.
Mrs. Linda Smalley died. [Belinda, wife of Z. Smalley,

aged 49.]
Mrs. Miles, died and was buried. [Olive, wife of James

Miles.]
Mrs. Spaulding died.
Mr. Josiah Nichols died, aged 65.
Mr. Oscar Sheldon's child died.
Mr. Freeman's child died.
Old Mrs. Rogers died.
Mr. Ezra Crane's daughter died.
Mr. Timothy Mathew's child died. Another of his children

died Mar. 2nd of this same year.
Mr. Marshal Wheeler died and was buried the 27th.
Mrs. Silas Piper died. [Sally, aged 54.]
Mrs. Arsenath Wheeler died and was buried Sept. 2.
Professor Fowler's child was buried.
Mr. Levi Smith's wife died aged 34. [Clarissa Smith.]
Sister Eunice's husband died. [Hubbard Russell of Boston,

Mass.]
Judge Holden died, of Salisbury.
Mr. George Cutter died.
Professor [Edward] Turner died. [Aet. 41. He married

Sophronia, daughter of Seth Storrs.]
Mr. Martin Foot's wife died and was buried the 12th.

[Hannah (Nicholas) Foot, aged 75.]
Mary Clark, daughter of the Widow Clark died.
Old Mrs. Nichols died and was buried the 30th.

Mar

. 3

1833

Mar

. 8

1833

Mar

. 9

1833

Mar

1833

Mar

1833

Mar. 23;

1833

June 20

1833

Aug.

13,

1833

Sept

.20,

1833

Sept

26,

1833

Sept

29,

1833

Oct.

1833

Jan.

30,

1834

Feb.

1834

Feb.

21,

1834

Feb.

27,

1834

Mar. 20,

1834

Mar. 25,

1834

Apr.

12,

1834

Apr.

12,

1834

June 28,

1834

Aug.

1834

Aug.

21,

1834

Oct.

1834

Oct.

1834

Oct.

1834

Dec.

23,

1834

July

1835

July 14, 1835

Feb.

1836

Feb.

15,

1836

Feb.

16,

1836

Feb.

17,

1836

Feb.

28,

1836

Feb.

29,

1836

Mar. 26,

1836

July

26,

1836

Aug.

31,

1836

Sept.

1836

Nov.

1836

Aug.

15,

1837

Aug.

17,

1837

Oct.

23,

1837

Jan.

27,

1838

Feb.

1838

Feb.

26,

1838

Mar.

28,

1838

1917] Record of Deaths at Middlebury, Vt. 49

May 24, 1838 Mr. Moda's [? Moody's] wife died and was buried the 26th.

July 12, 1838 Mr. Elisha Brewster died aged 47 and was buried the 14th.
[He came from Hartford, Conn.]

Apr. 2, 1839 Mrs. Hale died also Doctor Miller's wife.

Apr. 4, 1839 Deacon Boardman died.

Apr. 24, 1839 Mr. Chester Goodrich's child was burned to death and was
buried the 26th. [Chester Goodrich was descended from
William 1 Goodrich through Ephraim, 2 William, 3 Stephen, 4
and Amos, 6 his father.]

Aug. 28, 1839 Uncle Jacob Fuller died. [Husband of Patty (Dewey), who
was aunt of Enoch Dewey, the husband of the writer of
these records. He was buried at New Haven, Vt.]

Sept. 3, 1839 Mrs. Hill died and was buried the 5th.

Sept. 6, 1839 Mr. Fitts died and was buried the 8th.

Sept. 6, 1839 Mr. Hiram Champlain's child died and was buried the 7th.

Sept. 21, 1839 Leonard Morton died aged 29, son of John Morton.

Oct. 8, 1839 Mr. Farrow's daughter died named Loisa.

Oct. 13, 1839 Mr. James McCarter [Cotter] died aged 60. [Of the Board-
man House.]

Mar. 19, 1840 Deacon Morse was killed by the fall of a tree, in Bipton.

Mar. 23, 1840' Mr. Rufus Wainright's daughter died.

Apr. 10, 1840 Mr. Almon Pinnas [Pinney's] wife died. [Lorinda (Wood-
ward) Pinney, aged 28.]

June 13, 1840 Mr. Ralph Gowdey died aged 37. [Son of Widow Lucretia
Gowdey.]

June 15, 1840 Mrs. Francis died.

June 19, 1840 Mrs. Barrows died.

July 14, 1840 Mr. William Martins wife died.

Sept. 1, 1840 Mr. Israel Wadsworth died. [Aged 81, a Revolutionary
soldier.]

Sept. 5, 1840 Mr. Timothy Boardman's wife died. [Sally (Tupper)
Boardman, aged 54.]

Oct. 14, 1840 Martha Brooks died.

Oct. 31, 1840 Mrs. Hall of New Haven died.

Feb. 19, 1841 Sqr. Linsley's wife died.

Feb. 24, 1841 Mr. Dustin lost two children with the Cankerash.
Mr. Farr lost a child same day with same disorder.

Apr. 28, 1841 Mr. Thomas' child died.

May 7, 1841 A young lady died at Mr. Drurys.

May 8, 1841 Uncle John Morton's wife named Betsa died. [Elizabeth
(Bennett) Morton.]

June 21, 1841 Father Dewey named Stillman Dewey died, aged 68 the next
4th of July.

July 31, 1841 Mr. Chester Goodrich's daughter died.

Aug. 9, 1841 Mr. Hier died.

Aug. 14, 1841 Mrs. Buttles [? Buttolph] died.

Aug. 29, 1841 Mother Cushman died, aged 83 the next November. [Molly
(Morton) Cushman, wife of Ichabod.]

Sept. 17, 1841 At Middlebury East Village, Mr. Alonzo Hildreth's wife
died aged 22. [Lydia (Farwell) Hildreth.]

Sept. 27, 1841 Mr. Terrill's child died aged 9 months.

Sept. 29, 1841 A child of Alonzo Hildreth died.

Oct. 6, 1841 The widow Hannah Sheldon died aged 82 years 11 months.
[Hannah (Keep) Sheldon, widow of Moses.]

Oct. 19, 1841 Levi Needham's child died aged 1 year 9 mos. 15 days.

Oct. 27, 1841 Mr. Smith died.

Oct.

29,

1841

Oct.

30,

1841

Nov.
Nov.
Nov.

12,

1841
1841
1841

Nov.

15,

1841

Nov. 21,

1841

Nov.
Dec.

23,
5,

1841
1841

Jan.

1842

Jan.
Jan.

7,
18,

1842
1842

50 Record of Deaths at Middlebury, Vt. [Jan.

The Widow Rebecca [(Spaulding)] Foot died. [Widow of

Philip Foot, aged 77.]
The Widow Hannah Everts died. [Hannah (Turner)

Everts, widow of Eber, aged 84.]
Mr. Hale's son died.

Mr. Timothy Mathews Jr., died, aged 39.
In New Haven, Mrs. Lucina Mathews, wife of Mr. Amos

Mathews, aged 47.
Merret Eldridge died. [Son of Samuel and Sally Eldridge,

aet. 26.]
Cousin Mary Bates died. [Wife of Phineas Kenelm Bates

and daughter of Holmes Cushman of Hartland, Vt.]
The Widow Millar died.
Mrs. Lovet died. [Betsey (Houston) Lovett, wife of David,

aged 30.]
Henry Lawrence died aged 16 years.
Mr. Roswell Fitch aged 83 years.

In this Village Mr. Silas Adams in the 70th year of his age.
Mrs. Eliza Conley died, also
Mrs. McDonel died about the same time, and
Mrs. McCann, and also
A child of Mr. Elijah S. Birge.
Jan. 21, 1842 In East Middlebury Mrs. Mary McMaster, wife of Mr.

Byron McMaster, aged 22.
Mr. Phinnas' [Phinney's] child died.
Miss Jane Groves died aged 23.
Mr. Dustin's child died.
Mrs. Cook died.
Mrs. Wrapping died.
Elisha Monger died.
In this town Mrs. Mary Swift, wife of Mr. Samuel Swift

[author of the " History of the Town of Middlebury "] in

ithe 42nd year of her age.
In Cornwall also Mr. Jeremiah Bingham, aged 95.
Feb. 5, 1842 Deacon Levi Smith died aged 83 years. [A Revolutionary

soldier.]
Feb. 6, 1842 Jane Swift daughter of Mr. Samuel Swift died aged 22.
Feb. 11, 1842 Old Mr. Nathan Carpenter died. [A Revolutionary soldier,
j descended from William 1 Carpenter through Samuel, 2

Samuel, 3 Nathan, 4 and Gideon, 6 his father.]
Feb. 25, 1842 Miss Silva Page died.
Feb. 27, 1842 Mr. Cady's child died.
Mar. 3, 1842 Judge Riches' wife died.
Mar. 21, 1842 In Shoreham Dr. Erastus Blinn died aged 59.
Mar. 22, 1842 In Salisbury Mrs. Olive S. wife of Harry Thomas in the 23rd

year of her age.
Mar. 22, 1842 In Milton, Mrs. Maria Morton wife of Genl James Morton,

aged 43 years.
Mar. 24, 1842 Mrs. Affia Rich wife of Mr. David Rich aged 48 years.
Mar. 25, 1842 In Middlebury, Mrs. Elizabeth Beach aged 85 years.
Apr. 3, 1842 Sister Deborah, wife of John Wilson died aged 51.
Apr. 5, 1842 Mr. Barrow's daughter died.
Apr. 9, 1842 Old Mrs. Young died.
Apr. 13, 1842 In this town, Mr. Levi Smith died, aged 53.
Apr. 17, 1842 Mr. A. Tomlinson died.
Apr. 23, 1842 In this town, Mrs. Rachel Beedle, wife of Mr. Daniel Beedle,

aged 46.

Jan.

21,

1842

Jan.

23,

1842

Jan.

25,

1842

Jan.

25,

1842

Jan.

27,

1842

Jan.

29,

1842

Jan.

30,

1842

1917] Record of Deaths at Middlebury, Vt. 51

Mr. Joseph Warner's wife died.

Mr. Morrison died.

Mrs. Fitch the widow of Mr. Roswell Fitch died.

Mrs. Whitmore died.

Squire Martin Everts died aged 77.

Mr. Freeman Foot died aged 83. [A Revolutionary soldier,

son of Daniel Foot.]
Mr. Ahnon Pinney died. [Son of Oliver Pinney, aged 52.]
Mrs. Lawry Abbey died wife of Mr. Harry Abbey.
Also the same day Mr. Jonathan Huntington aged 50 yrs.
Mr. Thomas Fitch's wife died.

Old Mrs. Calvin Goodnow died aged 85. [Betsey Goodnow.]
Mr. Noise [Noyes] was killed by the fall of a tree in Salisbury.
Sarah Morrison daughter of Joel Morrison aged 6 years.
Mr. Conley died.
Clarissa Havens died.
Judge Rich's wife died.
Jacob Dewey's son Stillman Dewey died.
Deacon Doud died, belonging in Salisbury.
Cousin Isaac Cus hman died. [Aged 55, son of Holmes

Cushman.]
In New Haven, Mrs. Phoebe E. Stow, wife of Layson M.

Stow, aged 19 years. And also on the same day
Mrs. Mary Stow, wife of Moses Stow, aged 65.
Mr. Joseph Converse was found dead in his bed. [Son of

Joshua and Mary (Trask) Converse.]
Lucia, daughter of Mr. George Sanver, aged 18 years.
Mr. Aloe English and his son were drowned in the creek

opposite Mr. Johnson's farm.
Helen Phelps daughter of Samuel Phelps.
Mr. J. S. Blinn died aged 28.
Miss Abby Tudor, daughter of Deacon Edward Tudor, aet.

20.
Almira Beetle died.
James Bartlet died.
Caroline Codd, daughter of Esther and Nathan [Reuben] H.

Codd, aged 16 years.
Anna Seela [Seeley] died. [Daughter of John Seeley.]
Mary Goodrich died. [Sister of Abbey and Peter Goodrich.]
Mr. Samuel H. Sumner died, aged 62.
Mrs. Wellington died.
Our daughter Sarah Dewey died, aged 18 years the 29th day

of same month.
Frederick Morton, son of William Morton died aged 21.
In Hartland, Charlotte Cushman daughter of Isaac Cushman,

died aged 14.
Mr. Landon of New Haven died.
Mr. Gilbert Everts died, in the 74th year of his age.
Mr. Horton Loomis died aged 44.
Miss Theodocia Pierce was buried aged 60 years.
Mr. Aaron Case died aged 25.
Mr. Dudley Munger's wife died. [Sally Munger.]
Mr. John Seeley 's child named Emma died. [Emma L.,

aged 3 yrs. 8 mos.]
Mr. Munger's wife, daughter of Deacon Boyce died.
Old Mrs. Farnum died.
Old Mr. Hill died.
4

June

1842

June 23^

1842

June 25,

1842

Aug.

1842

Sept

1842

Sept

30,

1842

Oct.

17,

1842

Dec.

30,

1842

Jan.

12,

1843

Jan.

13,

1843

Jan.

31,

1843

Feb.

14,

1843

Feb.

14,

1843

Mar.

1843

Mar.

1843

Mar.

12,

1843

Mar.

19,

1843

Mar.

20,

1843

Apr.

1843

Apr.

11,

1843

Apr.

20,

1843

May 20,

1843

May 22,

1843

June 10,

1843

June 11,

1843

June 12,

1843

June 13,

1843

June 17,

1843

June 20,

1843

July

15,

1843

Sept.

1843

Nov.

1843

Nov.

14,

1843

Nov.

20,

1843

Nov.

21,

1843

Dec.

24,

1843

Dec.

24,

1843

Mar.

1844

Mar. 20|

1844

Mar.

25,

1844

Apr.

1844

Apr.

15,

1844

Apr.

16,

1844

VOL. LXXI

Apr. 19, 1844

Record of Deaths at Middlebury, Vt.

[Jan.

May 27
June 3
June 22
Aug. 16

Sept. 9
Oct. 7

Apr. 9
Apr. 10

Apr. 24
May 6'.

Oct. 25
Nov. 1
Dec. 1
Dec. 6
Jan. 28
Jan. 29

Mar. 22
May 14

May 17

May 30
June 1

June 2
June 7
June 7

July 15
July 21
Aug. 29
Oct. 11
Nov. 2
Dec. 25

Dec. 29
Jan. 8
Jan. 15

1844
1844
1844
1844

1844
1844

1845
1845

1845
1845
1845
1845
1846
1846

1846
1846

1846

1846
1846

1846
1846
1846

1846
1846
1846
1846
1846
1846

1846
1847
1847

Jan. 1847

Jan. 24, 1847

Mar. 9, 1847

Mar. 16, 1847
Mar. 26, 1847

Apr. 1, 1847
Apr. 4, 1847

In Salisbury, Mr. Wilcox's wife, daughter of Deacon John-
eon, died.
In Shoreham, Mr. Elijah Wright died aged 79.
Mr. Nathan Case died. [A Revolutionary soldier, aet. 84.]
Mr. Edward Wainwright's wife died.
Deacon Ebenezer Sumner died. [A Revolutionary soldier,

aet. 87, born at Middletown, Conn., in 1751 sic.]
Mr. Spaulding died.
Ichabod Cushman Junior's wife died. [Mary (Conant) Cush-

man.]
In this town, Mr. Charles W. Towsley, aged 24.
In this town, Mrs. Lawry [Laura], wife of Mr. Warren Moore,

aged 44.
Electa, wife of Jeremiah Myers, aged 30 years.
Mr. Hastings Warren died in Rutland. [A general in the

War of 1812.]
Mrs. Blinn, widow of late Jonathin Blinn aged 72.
Mr. Nathaniel Riply died.
Mr. Otis Barnaba died aged 20.
Mr. Ira Yales wife died.
Mr. William Cumings died aged 58.
Old Mrs. Tupper died, aged 88. [Sarah, widow of Darius

Tupper.]
In this town Mrs. Thankful Newton, aged 56.
Mrs. Foster, wife of Nathaniel Foster, hung herself in

Whiting. Formerly of this town.
In New Haven, Mr. J. Nash, a son of Gen William Nash,

died aged 22.
Sarah Ann Jackson died aged 22.
Mrs. Lucretia Gowdey died, formerly of this place, but

residing in Cavendish.
Mrs. Ann Lyon, wife of Mr. James Lyon, died aged 46.
Mary Barnaba died, aged 16 years.
Charles Almon, only son of Almon & Lurany Pinney, 11

mos., 21 da.
Old Mrs. Sellick died.
Mr. Waldo Umsted's child died.
Mr. Ira Mills died.

Mr. Thurman Rich, of Shoreham, died aged 46.
Mr. Baxter's child of Cornwell died aged 6 years.
In Middlebury Village, in the evening, Mrs. Sylva Jewett,

wife of James Jewett, died aged 68.
Mr. Beckwith's son died.
Miss Jerusha Frisba died.
William Seymour Morton, eldest son of William and Eliza

Morton, died in New Orleans, aged 29.
Suddenly in Charleston, Mass., Henry Seymour, son of the

Hon. Horatio Seymour, died aged 34 years.
Mrs. Eliza Barnum daughter Mr. James Sumner, died.

[Wife of Lewis Barnum.]
Cousin John Morton's daughter Julia died at Boston, Mass.,

aged 19 years next June.
Mr. Stephen Lathrop died aged 65 years.
At Cornwall, Mrs. Elizabeth Bushnell, relict of Rev. Jede-

diah Bushnell, died.
Jane Munger died.
Mr. Cyrus Dorance died.

1917]

Record of Deaths at Middlebury, Vt.

July 8,
July 10,

July 19,
July 22,
Sept. 5,
Sept. 11,
Sept. 11,
Sept. 20,
Sept. 22,

Sept, 25,
Oct. 1,

Oct. 3,
Nov. 12,

Nov. 14,

Dec. 28,
Jan. 6,
Jan. 30,
Feb. 2.

May 28,

June 4,

1847 Mr. Rufus Perkins died, aged 60.

1847 Mr. Eleazer Barrows died. [A Revolutionary soldier, born

at Windham, Conn., 4 Sept. 1763.]
1847 James Morse died.
1847 Joseph Dorance died aged 23 years.
1847 Mr. Eliger [Elijah] Havens' child died aged 9 years.
1847 Mr. William Pinnas [Pinney's] child died.
1847 Mr. Samuel Russel died aged 47.
1847 Dr. Allen's wife died.
1847 In this town, Mrs. Martha Allen, wife of Deacon Allen,

aged 54.
1847 Mr. Harry Abby died.
1847 Eliza Johnson died, daughter of Mr. Walter Johnson of this

town.
1847 Susan Jackson died, daughter of Mr. John Jackson, age 47.
1847 Harriet Cushman died aged 19 years. [Daughter of Earl

Cushman.]
1847 Julia Cushman died aged 20 months. [Daughter of Earl

Cushman.]

1847 Brother Ichabod Cushman died aged 60.

1848 Mrs. Hubbard, the Methodist Minister's wife, died.
1848 Mrs. Lucy Lathrop, wife of S. Pearl Lathrop, died, age 24.
1848 Dr. Jonathan Adams Allen died aged 60. [Son of Amos and

grandson of Seth Allen.]
1848 Dr. J. A. Allen's mother died, aged 82. [Daughter of Abel
Smith and granddaughter of Jonathan Adams of Medway,
Mass.]
1848 Aunt Sabina Noble Aet. 72. [Daughter of Samuel and Lovisa

(Kellogg) Noble.]
1848 Mr. Littles daughter of Shoreham died.
1848 In this town William, son of Daniel and Sarah Ford, age 10.
1848 Mr. Harvey Bell died. [Aged 57, son of Harvey Bell.]
1848 Mr. Daniel Brooks died.
1848 Mr. Kent Wright's wife died.

1848 Sister Eunice died in Watertown, Mass., aged 53. [Widow
of Hubbard Russell of Boston, Mass.]
Oct. 6, 1848 Mr. Joshua Hyde died. [Aged 75, son of Joshua Hyde.]
Nov. 30, 1848 Mr. Joseph Stearns died aged 82.

Dec. 1, 1848 Mr. Waldo Olmsted's child died aged 1 year, 10 mos. 16 da.
Jan. 12, 1849 Mrs. Walter Olmsted died, aged 72 yrs. and 2 mos. [Polly

(Cotton) Olmsted.]
Jan. 25, 1849 Mr. Walter Olmsted died, aged 71 years, 6 mos.
Jan. 31, 1849 Mr. Luther Forbes died aged 62.
Feb. 21, 1849 Mr. William Eldridge's son Merrit died.
Mar. 2, 1849 Mrs. Eliza Stewert died, wife of John Stewert. [Daughter

of Martin N. and Betsey Foot.]
Mar. 18, 1849 Eliza Hyde died aged 43 years. [Daughter of Joshua and

Hannah Hyde.]
Apr. 15, 1849 Mrs. Esther Dorrance died, wife of Capt. Joseph Dorrance

aged 68.
Apr. 19, 1849 Mr. Horace Nichols died aged 62.
Apr. 20, 1849 In New Haven, Mr. Bezaleel Brooks died. [Aged 64,

originally of Canaan, Conn.]
Apr. 22, 1849 Jane Morton died aged 20 years. [Daughter of William and

Eliza Morton.]
May 19, 1849 Capt. Joseph Dorrance died.
Aug. 2, 1849 Sqr. Andres' wife died.

July 7
July 8
July 11
Sept. 13
Sept. 17
Sept. 20

54 Record of Deaths at Middlebury, Vt. [Jan.

Aug. 26, 1849 Elizabeth Seeley died aged 15. [Daughter of John Seeley.]
Aug. 27, 1849 Abba Bates died aged 40. [Daughter of President Joshua

Bates of Middlebury College.]
Oct. 11, 1849 Mr. David Nichols died aged 64.
Oct. 11, 1849 Mr. Edwin Carpenter was killed on the Cars, aged 32. [Son

of Nathan and Eunice (Converse) Carpenter.]
Oct. 12, 1849 Mr. John Foot died. [A Revolutionary soldier, aet. 84, son

of Daniel and Martha (Stilhnan) Foot.]
Oct. 17, 1849 Mr. Samuel Eldrege died.
Oct. 29, 1849 Mr. Locklan Wainwright's daughter called Mary Jane died

aged 9 years.
Dec. 25, 1849 In Milton, John Morton died aged 61 years.
Jan. 9, 1850 Charles Dyer died.
Jan. 25, 1850 Albert Dyer died.

Jan. 27, 1850 Elim Tupper's wife died. [Her maiden name was Smith.]
Feb. 23, 1850 Mr. Joseph Dyer was killed by a team running over him.
Feb. 25, 1850 William Dyer died aged 26.
Mar. 8, 1850 Samuel Dewey's wife died. [Abigail (Branch) Dewey, aged

28.]
Mar. 22, 1850 Mr. Havens died.
Mar. 23, 1850 Samuel Dewev's child died.
Mar. 30, 1850 Mr. Alfred Nichols died.
Mar. 30, 1850 Mr. William Pinny's child died.
Apr. 17, 1850 [Col.] John Hacket of Hancock died aged 65.
Apr. 19, 1850 Mrs. Wells died.
Apr. 19, 1850 Mrs. Heth died.

May 3, 1850 Mr. Loyal E. Gipson was killed by a fall from the Cars.
Sept. 13, 1850 Mr. William Martin died in Orwell.
Sept. 24, 1850 Miss Olive Torrance died. [Daughter of Robert Torrance.]
Sept. 30, 1850 Mr. [Isaac] Cady died.
Nov. 22, 1850 Old Mrs. Spafford died.
Jan. 27, 1851 In Fondulac, Wis., Mr. Erastus Olmsted died.
Feb. 2, 1851 Mr. George Cleveland died aged 82.

Feb. 24, 1851 In Lansingburgh, N. Y., Mrs. Abigail Morrison died aged 76.
Mar. 4, 1851 In Michigan, Mr. Asahel Tillotson died aged 42.
Mar. 10, 1851 Mrs. Julia Tillotson, wife of Abner Tillotson, died.
Mar. 26, 1851 Dr. William Bass died aged 75 last January. [He was

originally of Windham, Conn.]
Apr. 6, 1851 Aunt Susa Foster died.
May 10, 1851 Mr. Eli Mathews' wife died.

July 17, 1851 Mrs. Sarah Mills, wife of Allen Mills, aged 27 years.
July 22, 1851 Mr. Orrin Abbe's wife died.
Aug. 20, 1851 Mr. Leonard Deming died aged 66.
Aug. 23, 1851 David Piper's child aged 6 mos. Also Mrs. Mitty Tillotson

wife of John Tillotson aged 69.
Sept. 11, 1851 Mr. Edwin Vallette's wife died aged 28 years.
Oct. 5, 1851 Theodore Wainwright was drowned in Lake Champlain and

was found the 13th.
Oct. 24, 1851 Rebecca Bass died.
Dec. 24, 1851 Eliza Huntington died aged 54, at Brattleboro and was

brought to Middlebury to be bunded.
Dec. 28, 1851 In Ripton, Mr. William Hartshorn died aged 57, recently

from Middlebury.
Jan. 31, 1852 Mr. Child's wife died.
Feb. 2, 1852 Mr. Moody's wife died aged 31.
Feb. 3, 1852 Mr. John Campbell's wife died aged 26.
Feb. 11, 1852 Mr. Myron Selleck died aged 50 years.

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Feb. 16, 1852 Mr. Benjaman Lawrence's wife died aged 77.
Mar. 25, 1852 Mr. Rev. Daniel 0. Morton died in Bristol, N. H., aged 64.
Apr. 10, 1852 Mr. Zenos Mills died [at New Haven, Vt.] aged 78 years.
May 4, 1852 She that was Almira Mortons child named Cyrus died. [Son

of P. and A. M. Burnap.]
June 5, 1852 Mr. Austin Johnson died aged 62.
June 11, 1852 Mr. Alfred Wainwright died aged 62. Of Montpeliar.
July 12, 1852 Mr. Daniel Beedle died, aged 57.

July 19, 1852 Mrs. Betsa Stewart, wife of Mr. Ira Stewart died aged 62.
Aug. 14. 1852 Mrs. Matilda Sargant, wife of late Samuel Sargant died

aged 82 years.
Aug. 15, 1852 In New Haven, Mr. Anson Beamans wife died aged 46 years'.
Sept. 19, 1852 Mr. Thomas Hammond of Orwell died aged 34.
Sept. 20, 1852 At East Middlebury, Mrs. Charlotte Powell died aged 40,

wife of F. Powell.
Oct. 7, 1852 Miss Jane Moors daughter of Mr. Harry Moors died aged 21

by taking Laudanum.
Oct. 29, 1852 Mr. Fales died.
Nov. 10, 1852 Mr. Daniel Dike died.

Nov. 12, 1852 Mr. William Baxter of Cornwall died aged 53.
Nov. 18, 1852 Mr. Charles Adams killed himself by the discharge of a gun.
Jan. 30, 1853 Ichabod Cushman Jr's second wife named Mary died aged

31. [Mary Ann (Durkee) Cushman.]
Feb. 25, 1853 The Widow Jemima [(Hall)] Sumner died aged 94. [Widow

of Ebenezer Sumner. She was born at Chatham, Conn.,

and was married in 1780.]
Mar. 18, 1853 Mr. Upson's child died aged 4 years.
Mar. 21, 1853 Mr. Rufus Wainwright died aged 67. [Son of Jonathan

Wainwright of Salisbury, Vt.]
May 7, 1853 Mr. Shaw's daughter named Agnes died.
May 23, 1853 Aunt Rebecka [(Wood)] Morton died aged 83. [Wife of

Caleb Morton.]
July 12, 1853 Mr. George Sanders wife died.
July 24, 1853 Mr. Gorman's daughter was buried.
July 25, 1853 Mr. Comphry's wife died.
July 29, 1853 Old Mr. Calvin Goodnoe died aged 93.
Aug. 13, 1853 In Brandon, Mrs. Amanda Ford, wife of Rev. Salisbury

Ford, died aged 28 years.
Aug. 20, 1853 Mr. Charles J. Linsley, son Charles Linsley Esq., died in

Illinois.
Aug. 20, 1853 Mrs. Delight Haladay died aged 69. [Wife of Theodore

Halladay.]
Aug. 21, 1853 In Hoosick, Mr. Rev. Mathew D. Gorden died aged 40 and

was brought to Middlebury to be burried.
Aug. 22, 1853 Mr. Jonathan Hagars wife died aged 61.
Aug. 22, 1853 Elizabeth Wright died aged 14 months 14 days.
Sept. 28, 1853 Roxena Cushman, daughter of Earl Cushman, died.
Oct. 7, 1853 Mrs. Diadama Sumner died in Schroon, N. Y., Formerly of

this town and widow of Samuel Sumner, in the 70th year

of her age.
Oct. 12, 1853 Mr. John Dyer died.
Oct. 19, 1853 Mr. Amos Nichols wife died.

Nov. 28, 1853 James Wallace Francis died aged 18, son of Asa Francis.
Nov. 30, 1853 In the village William Shaw aged 5 years and 11 months.
Dec. 28, 1853 In Orwell Mr. John Thomas' wife died aged 53.
Jan. 13, 1854 Mr. Martin Foot died aged 92 and some months. [A Revo-
lutionary soldier, son of Daniel and Martha (Stillman)

Foot.]

56 Record of Deaths at Middlebury, Vt. [Jan.

Mar. 5, 1854 Sqr. Young died. [Capt. Jonathan M. Young, aged 82.]

Mar. 9,1854 Mr. Moses Goodrich's daughter Mary died.

Mar. 11, 1854 Mr. John W. Brooks son of Mr. Samuel Brooks, aged 25,

died.
Mar. 12, 1854 Betsa Johnson died.
Apr. 20, 1854 Mr. Michael Sanders died aged 80.
Apr. 25, 1854 Mother Dewey died aged 80 last February. [Lurana

(Noble) Dewey, daughter of Samuel and Lovisa (Kellogg)

Noble and wife of Stillman Dewey.]
Aug. 24, 1854 Mr. William Johnson's wife died aged 23 years.
Aug. 30, 1854 Mr. William Flagg died aged 49.
Oct. 10, 1854 Brother Stillman Dewey died aged almost 50. [Son of

Stillman and Lurana Dewey.]
Nov. 5, 1854 Mr. Norman Bordman died.
Nov. 7, 1854 Mr. Charles Weeks died.
Dec. 22, 1854 Miss Emeline Crane died aged 26.
Dec. 26, 1854 Mr. Allen Farr of New Haven died.
Jan. 7, 1855 Mrs. Robinson died.
Jan. 7, 1855 Cleora Ella daughter of Mr. George Langworthy aged 1 mo.

and 6 days.
Jan. 11, 1855 Judge Dorastus Wooster died age 68. [Son of Moses

Wooster of Cornwall, Vt.]
Feb. 5, 1855 Mr. James Miles died and was brought from Pottsdam here

to be buried, aged 72.
Feb. 14, 1855 Mr. Ira Stewart died aged 75. [Son of Capt. John Stewart.]
Mar. 5, 1855 Aunt Pattas [Bennett] Baba died aged between 4 and 5 days.
Mar. 25, 1855 Judge Phelps died aged 62. [Samuel Shethar Phelps, B.A.

(Yale, 1811), son of John Phelps of Litchfield, Conn.]
Mar. 27, 1855 Mrs. Cobb was buried.
Apr. 17, 1855 [Mrs.] Mary Wells died. [Daughter of John and Deborah

(Cushman) Willson.]
Apr. 20, 1855 Mr. Jonathan Hager died aged 77.
Apr. 29, 1855 Rev. Dr. Thomas A. Merrill died.
May 1, 1855 Jude Carpenter died aged 24. [Son of Nathan and Eunice

Carpenter.]
June 17, 1855 Mrs. Sophia Farnsworth widow late Silas Farnsworth, died.
Sept. 6, 1855 Mr. Clark Rich formerly from Shoreham died in Ohio.

Aged 32 years.
Oct. 3, 1855 Charles Crawford died aged 23. One of Sophomore class

from Putney.
Oct. 13, 1855 Elum Smith died, aged 22 years.
Oct. 15, 1855 Mr. John Tillotson died, aged 93. [Originally of Long

Island, N. Y]
Nov. 2, 1855 Mr. Arnold died.

Dec. 28, 1855 Mrs. Martha Elizabeth Myers died aged 22, wife of William.
Feb. 20, 1856 Lorin Dustin died aged 28.
Mar. 1, 1856 Roderick Sumner died in New Haven aged 38.
Apr. 23, 1856 Mr. Otis Goodrich died. Aged 61. [Brother of Chester

Goodrich. Vide supra, Apr. 24, 1839.]
May 24, 1856 Miss Molly Torrance died aged 78. [Daughter of Robert

Torrance.]
June 19, 1856 Mrs. Hannah Hyde, wife of the late Joshua Hyde, Jr., died.
Aug. 16, 1856 Mr. James Meacham died aged 46. [A professor at Middle-
bury College.]
Nov. 2, 1856 Mrs. Emeline Wilcox, wife of Amon Wilcox died aged 51.
Nov. 2, 1856 A child of Hubert Frary, aged 14 months 7 days.

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Dec. 18, 1856 Edgar Witherell died, aged 15. [Son of Hiram and Nancy

Witherell.]
Dec. 22, 1856 Old Uncle John Morton died aged 94. [A descendant of

George 1 Morton through Ephraim, 2 Eleazer, 3 Nathaniel, 4

and Ichabod, 5 his father.]

[To be concluded]

OLD BOSTON FAMILIES

Number Five

THE HALIBURTON FAMILY

By Rev. Aethur Wentwobth Hamilton Eaton, M.A., D.C.L., of Boston, Mass.

1. Andrew 1 Haliburton, Hallyburton, or Halyburton, for
many years an innkeeper in Boston, was born probably in Berwick-
shire or Roxburghshire, Scotland, towards the close of the seventeenth
century, and died in Jamaica in 1745.* He married first, in Boston,
23 Feb. 1719/20, Rev. Benjamin Colman of the Brattle Street
Church officiating, Naomi FiGGjf and secondly, at Scituate, Mass.,
22 Feb. 1730/1, Abigail Otis, born at Scituate 28 Aug. 1703, died,
probably at Newport, N. S., not long before 1769, daughter of Job
and Mary (Little) .% Abigail (Otis) Haliburton married secondly,
in Narragansett, R. I., 18 Oct. 1756, as bis second wife, Dr. Edward
Ellis, and more information about her will be given below.

Of the immediate ancestry of Andrew Haliburton nothing certain
is known; but a tradition remains among his descendants that he
himself stated that his father was one of the Duke of Marlborough's
captains and was killed at the siege of Dunkirk, and that thereafter the
boy lived with his paternal grandfather. In what place he was brought
up is unknown, but he is said to have told his children that he lived

* In the General Registry Office, Jamaica, is recorded the burial, in St. Andrew's
Parish, 2 Sept. 1745, of Andrew Hallaburton, probably the Andrew Haliburton of
Boston, who is known to have died in Jamaica about that time. (Vide infra, p. 59.)
Cf. p. 34 of manuscript notes on the Avery and other families, by the late J. Herbert
Sawyer of Brookline, Mass., in the Library of the New England Historic Genealogical
Society.

t Her Christian name was probably not Naomi, as the Boston records give it, but
Amey or Amy, as it appears in the baptismal records of her children in King's Chapel.
She was probably a daughter of John Figg, cooper, of Boston, and his wife Amy,
although according to tradition in the Haliburton family the first wife of Andrew
Haliburton had been married before her marriage to Andrew Haliburton. Little is
known about the Figg family. Administration on the estate of John Figg, late of
Boston, who had died at sea in 1677, was granted, 31 July 1677, to his widow, Mary,
and from the inventory, rendered 3 Aug. 1677, it is learned that Mary's father had
probably lived at Newbury. A John Figg and his wife Anne had children: John, born
in Boston 5 Nov. 1684, and Joseph, born in Boston 6 Mar. 1686 (? 1685/6], A John
Figg and his wife Amey had a child James, born in Boston 13 Feb. 1687 [? 1686/7],
but the wife Amey would have been too old to bear children to Andrew Haliburton in
or after 1721. A John Figg, cooper, with a daughter Sarah, was living in Boston
28 July 1712, and a John Figg was living 17 Aug. 1732. (Cf. Suffolk Probate Records.)
Joseph Figg and Mercy Holland were married in Boston by Mr. Benjamin Wadsworth,
16 Sept. 1708.

t For the Otis family see Vital Records of Scituate, and Regibteb, vol. 2, pp.
281-296, and vol. 4, pp. 143-165.

58 Old Boston Families [Jan.

in Scotland but went to school every day across the border, in Eng-
land. Apparently no systematic effort to trace his ancestry has ever
been made.*

The first record of Andrew Haliburton in Boston is that of his first
marriage, 23 Feb. 1719/20. In a suit which he enters against Benja-
min Gray, bookseller or stationer, 10 Jan. 1722 [? 1722/3], he is
designated as a wigmaker, and in another suit against John Hobart,
entered 20 Sept. 1725, his occupation is the same (Suffolk court
records) ; but as early as the summer of 1734, and probably three or
four years earlier, he had become a licensed innkeeper or "innholder."
On 24 July 1734 the selectmen of Boston approved and recommended
Andrew Halyburton for a license to keep a tavern; and on 6 Aug.
1735 they notified the selectmen of Roxbury and all persons concerned
to meet at the house of "M r Andrew Halyburton at the Sign of the
George on Boston Neck" at 11 A.M. on 18 Aug. current, to run the
boundary line between Boston and Roxbury. On 18 Feb. 1735/6
it was ordered by the selectmen of Boston "That an advertisement
for Leasing a Messuage or Tenement with Several Peices of Land on
Boston Neck, be printed in the Publick News Papers, Which said
Land &c were lately Leased to Simon Rogers Deceased, and are now
in the Tenure and Occupation of Andrew Halyburton which said
.< Lease will Expire the 8 th of January 1736 [1736/7]." Among inn-

holders who had petitioned for licenses to sell strong drink and who
were approved and recommended by the selectmen, 18 Aug. 1736,
was Andrew Halyburton, who dwelt on Ship Street. On 17 Aug.
1738 Andrew Halyburton was again approved and recommended by
the selectmen as an innholder, with license to sell strong drink, his
dwelling [the Sun Tavern] being then in Dock Square. On 29 Nov.
1742 favorable action was taken by the selectmen on the petition of
Mr. Andrew Halyburton for liberty to keep a tavern in the house
[on Cornhill] where the late Dr. Boylston had lived, the petitioner
being obliged, as he says, to remove from the Sun Tavern, which he
had previously been licensed to keep. On 5 Jan. 1742/3 Mr. Robert
Logan complains that Mr. Halyburton has put up a "Sign Post"
at the house he lives in, formerly Dr. Boylston's, "which greatly
incommodes the Sight of his Shop," and on 23 Aug. 1743 Haliburton
was still at this house on Cornhill. In the records of King's Chapel
for the year 1748, however, it is stated that a meeting of the wardens
and vestry of that church was held on Thursday, 31 Mar., at Mr.
Hallyburton's in King Street, f At this time Haliburton was dead,
and, unless the records mistakenly give "Mr." for "Mrs." Hali-

* Of the Haliburton family of Newmains and Mertoun, Scotland, Sir Walter Scott,
as is well known, claimed the representation; and Sir Walter's father, also, Mr. Walter
Scott, writer to the Signet, was evidently not a little interested in the family. On
page 63 of Genealogical Memoirs of the Family of Sir Walter Scott, Bart., of Abbots-
ford, in a note introducing some valuable memoranda concerning Haliburton families,
it is said that the memoranda were taken from a manuscript of Mr. Walter Scott, the
father, which appeared "to have been drawn up in answer to the inquiries of Mr.
William Haliburton of Halifax [sic], Nova Scotia, who claimed a descent from the
Haliburtons of Hadden." In the late J. Herbert Sawyer's manuscript notes (tide
supra, p. 57, footnote) is a record from the General Registry Office, Jamaica, of the
burial, 15 Mar. 1742 [? 1742/3], of an Andrew Haliburton who, Mr. Sawyer thought,
might have been a son of Andrew Haliburton, writer to the Signet, Edinburgh.

t Annals of King's Chapel, vol. 2, p. 101.

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burton, it is necessary to believe that, before he finally left Boston,
Haliburton kept an inn on King Street, and that the place retained
his name after his death.

Of town offices Andrew Haliburton held only those of scavenger,
to which he was chosen 10 Mar. 1740/1, and hogreeve, to which he
was chosen 9 Mar. 1741/2.

During the Rev. Commissary Roger Price's ministry at King's
Chapel Andrew Haliburton was a parishioner of that church, and
there four, at least, of his nine children were baptized.*

In the Suffolk court records papers may be seen connected with
various lawsuits instituted by Hahburton as an innholder, one being
a suit brought by "Andrew Halyburton, gentleman," against Henry
Venner, apothecary, in Jan. 1739/40, and another, the latest, brought
by "Andrew Hahburton, innholder," against John Green, 15 June
1744.

Not long after bringing this latest suit Hahburton and his wife
went to the island of Jamaica. Whether or not their intention was
to keep an inn there is not known; but they could not have been long
in the West Indies when Andrew Hahburton died and was buried in
Jamaica, f That the Haliburtons did not take all their children with
them when they left Boston, if indeed they took any, is shown by
the papers in a suit brought by Andrew Oliphant of Boston, 15 Apr.
1746, against Abigail Halyburton, widow, of Kingston, in the Island
of Jamaica, for £360, for the board, at 40s. a week, of her three
children, "Andrew, Billie, and George."

Not long after this suit was brought against her, Mrs. Hahburton
came back to Boston, for on 2 Feb. 1746/7 she sued Capt. Peter
Oliver, a seaman, for a debt which he had contracted, very hkely by
boarding at her house. On 20 June 1750 Mrs. Hahburton presented
to the selectmen the following petition, which is preserved in the
Suffolk court records:

"To the Hon bIe His Majestys Justices of the Court of General Sessions of
the peace for said County, and to the Gentlemen Selectmen of the Town of
Boston.

"The Petition of Abigail Halyburton of Boston widow Sheweth
"That your Petitioners husband in his lifetime and your pef since his
decease were for many years favoured by your Honours with a License to
keep Tavern in the Town of Boston, which, she would mention with great
Thankfulness as this Business gave a very comfortable support to them and
their children, that since your petit r last renewed her License she has removed
into the House just going into the Common known by the Sign of the three
horse Shoes, which has been improved as a Tavern perhaps longer than any
house in the Town, and is as comodiously situated for the Entertainment of
strangers and Travellers as may be, your pet r has purchased of M r Glover
who last kept it his Liquas, utensils &c. and is well provided with Beds &c.
necessary for such an house and as she has kept a Tavern in Town for near
twenty years, and which has been, and still is the only means for her Support,
she now prays your Honours will be pleas'd to Grant her Liberty to be an

* In 1747 the Widow Abigail Haliburton subscribed £100, old tenor, towards
rebuilding King's Chapel, and in April and May of that year the heirs of Andrew
Hallyburton are said to have owned half a pew in the church, one Cooper owning the
other half.

t Vide supra, p. 57, footnote.

Old Boston Families

[Jan.

Innholder in said house, assuring your Honours she will always Endeavour
to keep good Orders, and in every respect observe the Laws made for the
Regulation of such Houses.
"And your pet 1 as in Duty bound shall pray, &c.

"Abigaill Hallyburton."

Mrs. Haliburton's petition for a license to keep the Three Horse
Shoes Tavern was granted; but according to family tradition she
soon removed from that hostelry to a dwelling house owned and until
shortly before occupied by Dr. Edward Ellis, at the southwest corner
of the present Washington and Winter Streets. Dr. Ellis, who was
one of the chief physicians of Boston,* had been commissioned by
Governor Shirley, 19 Feb. 1744/5, as surgeon general of the Massa-
chusetts troops sent against Louisburg, and on 25 Feb. 1744/5 had
been also commissioned as major and captain in the Third Massa-
chusetts Regiment.t When the siege of the French fortress began,
he had gone to Cape Breton. During Dr. Ellis's absence at Louis-
burg his wife died; and the care of her daughters, together with two
children of a deceased sister of hers, surnamed Hope, whose husband
seems to have been a Hollander, was assumed by Thomas Kilby,
whose wife, a sister of Dr. Ellis, had died, leaving him with two
motherless children. Before long it was arranged between Mr.
Kilby and Mrs. Haliburton that the latter should remove her large
family to Dr. Ellis's house and should also take to board there Mr.
Kilby and the Kilby, Ellis, and Hope children. Mrs. Haliburton's
own family consisted of four children of her own, a daughter of her
late husband by bis first wife, and a " daughter of that wife by a former
husband," and in charge of this large household, now numbering at least
fourteen, Dr. Ellis found Mrs. Haliburton, when he returned to Boston
after a somewhat prolonged stay in Cape Breton or Nova Scotia. X
Soon some business connected with the property of the Hope children
demanded that Dr. Ellis go to Holland, and for that country he em-
barked. On the night of 7 Feb. 1753, as Drake tells us,§ a destructive
fire occurred near Marlborough Street. It started in an outhouse,
and burned two stables, Mr. Sellon's blacksmith shop, and the
dwellings of Dr. John Cutler and Dr. Edward Ellis. From Dr.
Ellis's house nothing whatever was saved; and Mrs. Haliburton,
hearing that the proprietor of a "coffeehouse" (probably an inn such
as she had been accustomed to keep) in Newport, R. I., desired to
give up business, made a bargain for the "coffeehouse," and with fine
determination and courage moved her large family to the Rhode
Island town. When Dr. Ellis returned to America, he found Mrs.

* Dr. Edward Ellis, eldest son of Dr. Robert and Elizabeth (Pemberton) Ellis, was
bom in Boston 23 Feb. 1698/9, and was baptized in the Old South Parish. His father
was "chirurgeon" in the expedition against Port Royal in 1710. He married (1)
Mary (Willard) Cuyler, daughter of Daniel and Mary (Mills) Willard and widow
(with a romantic history) of a young West India planter named Cuyler. By his first
wife Dr. Ellis had three daughters, Maria, born 1 May 1730, Sarah, born 22 Aug. 1733,
and Elizabeth, born 22 Mar. 1734/5. For the Ellis family see Sarah Elizabeth Tit-
comb's Early New England People, pp. 5-37. In a private letter to the compiler of
this article Miss Titcomb once wrote: "The account |of the Ellisand Haliburton
connection | which I put into 'Early New England People' was written by Harriet
Prescott Spofford's grandmother, who was a granddaughter of Dr. Edward Ellis."

t Register, vol. 24, pp. 376, 371.

i Cf. Miss Titcomb's Early New England People, pp. 25-26.

| History and Antiquities of Boston, p. 633.

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Haliburton at Newport, and on 18 Oct. 1756 Dr. Ellis and Mrs.
Haliburton were married by Rev. Dr. MacSparran in the parish of
St. Paul, Narragansett.*

When the offer of lands in Nova Scotia to New England people
was made by Governor Lawrence and bis Council, a large number of
Rhode Island as well as Connecticut and Massachusetts people
determined to remove to the Acadian province; and, with many others
in Newport, Dr. Ellis and his wife migrated. On 21 July 1761 he
received a grant of 500 acres at Newport, N. S., and there he settled, f
He probably made in all three journeys to Holland on business; at
any rate, after the death of his wife Abigail, which occurred probably
not long before 1769, he went to Amsterdam, where he died at the
age, it is said, of seventy years.
Children by first wife:

i. Mart, 2 d. 6 Nov. 1721, aged abt. 10 months; bur. in King's Chapel

Burying Ground,
ii. William, bapt. in King's Chapel Parish 17 July 1724; probably

d. young,
iii. Rooksby (a daughter), bapt. in King's Chapel Parish 28 Jan.

1725/6; d. unm. in Boston 14 Mar. 1801, aged 754

Children by second wife:

iv. Andrew. The only known record of this child is in the suit brought
in 1746 by Andrew Oliphant against Mrs. Abigail Haliburton for
her children's board. §

v. Abigail, b. in Boston between 1731 and 1735 (whether she was older
or younger than her brother Andrew is uncertain); living 5 July
1803, when she made her will; m. (1) at Newport, R. I., 24 July
1754, Capt. Frederick Hamilton, perhaps s. of the Frederick
who m. in King's Chapel, Boston, 29 May 1734, Mary Jeffries;
m. (2), as his second or third wife, Jacob Sheafe, a prominent
merchant of Portsmouth, N. H., b. in 1715, d. 26 June 1791
(Wentworth Genealogy, vol. 2, p. 307), who had m. 24 July 1740,
as his first or second wife, Hannah Seavy, b. in 1719, d. at Ports-

* Updike's Narragansett Church, second edition, vol. 2, p. 555. The parish register
says that Mrs. Ellis "was Daughter of Mr Job otis of Scituate in ye Province of ye
Massachusets and had for her first Husband one Mr Hallyburton who died in Jaimaca
where they lived a while."

t Of Dr. Ellis's three daughters, Maria, the eldest, had already married Capt.-
Lieut. Edmund Watmough, an Englishman, who had come to Newport, R. I.,
and had secured there a commission in the "Rangers." In 1761 Captain Watmough,
whose name appears among Falmouth grantees as "Edward Watemough," secured a
grant of 500 acres at Falmouth, N. S., having probably been in Nova Scotia at an
earlier date, with a corps of the "Rangers," and having then learned the value of the
French lands. After the removal of the Ellises to Nova Scotia the second daughter,
Sarah, became the second wife of Mr. Isaac Deschamps, who had come to Windsor,
N. S., as a young man and in 1785 rose to be chief justice of the Province. The third
daughter, Elizabeth, married (1) 25 Sept. 1757 Capt. Peter Jacob Dordin, who died
23 Jan. 1769, and (2) at Newport, R. I., 17 Jan. 1773, Peter Francis Christian de Les
Dernier of Windsor, N. S. Elizabeth Ellis had several children by each husband.
Her daughter, Harriet de Les Dernier, married William Pepperrell Prescott and was
the grandmother of the well-known writer, Harriet Prescott Spofford. Another
daughter, Anne Maria de Les Dernier, married, as his second wife, Lieut. Pierson
Titcomb and was the grandmother of Miss Sarah Elizabeth Titcomb, author of Early
New England People, a book in which much information about the Ellises and allied
families may be found.

J That Rooksby was a daughter is 6hown by her appearance as a woman sponsor
at the baptism in King's Chapel Parish of Richard Hunter, child of James and Mary
Hunter, 17 May 1749. In the record of her death she is called Rusby.

§ Vxde supra, p. 69. Perhaps this Andrew is the son of whom Harriet Prescott
(in Miss Titcomb's Early New England Families, p. 37) writes: "Her Other son, —
a wild, headstrong boy, as I have heard, — left home at an early age, and was seen or
heard from no more."

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VI.

vii.

mouth 12 Nov. 1773. In her will of 5 July 1803 Mrs. Abigail
Sheafe leaves to her son-in-law, James Sheafe, Esq., a certain

Eiece of land or house lot in Newport, R. I., which she had received
y the will of her first husband, Frederick Hamilton, and to her
nephew, Andrew Halliburton, all her books and plate, except one
"silver cann." She mentions also her sister, Pnscilla Card.

Isabella, bapt. in Christ Church Parish, Boston, 3 Oct. 1736.

Peiscilla, bapt. in Christ Church Parish, Boston, 30 Apr. 1738; liv-
ing 6 Jan. 1804, when she was mentioned in the will of her second
husband; m. (1) in Trinity Church, Newport, R. I., 24 July 1754,
Robert Pate; m, (2) not later than 22 Dec. 1766 Jonathan
Cabd, Sr., of Newport, who in his will, dated 6 Jan. 1804 and
proved 16 Oct. 1805, left to his wife Priscilla during her life real
estate and personal property, prescribed that after her death his
executors should pay £50 to her granddaughter, Elizabeth Miller,
and bequeathed the residue of his estate to "Jonathan Card, my
nephew, son of my brother John." Priscilla (Haliburton) (Pate)
Card had issue by her first husband.

2. viii. William, b. in Boston 16 Apr. 1739 and bapt. in King's Chapel

Parish 20 May 1739.

3. ix. George, bapt. in King's Chapel Parish, Boston, 23 Jan. 1742/3.

2. William 2 Halibtjeton (Andrew 1 ), born in Boston 16 Apr. 1739
and baptized in King's Chapel Parish 20 May 1739, died at
Windsor, N. S., in Feb. 1817. He married, 9 Apr. 1761, his
first cousin, Susanna Otis, born at Scituate, Mass., 15 Apr.
1738, living as late as 1814, daughter of Ephraim and Rachel
(Hersey).*

William Haliburton's name appears on a muster roll, dated
Boston, 28 Feb. 1759, of a company of foot under Capt. Joseph
Billings in Capt. Joseph Williams's regiment, raised in
Massachusetts for the reduction of Canada. In this company
he served as a private, from Boston, from 13 Apr. to 23 Nov.
1759, a little more than seven months. On 21 July 1761 he
appears with his stepfather, Dr. Edward Ellis, and many
other Rhode Island people, in the great grant of the township
of Newport, N. S., and thither he and his wife shortly after
their marriage removed. Until the spring of 1763, probably,
they lived on their Newport grant of 500 acres; but on 1 May
1763 Mr. Haliburton exchanged his Newport grant for the
land of Jonathan Babcock, in what is now Windsor, N. S., and
at or near the village of this name he built a new house and
spent the rest of his life, f In Windsor he began the study of

* Rachel Otis, sister of Mrs. Susanna (Otis) Haliburton, was married at Windsor,
N. S. t 16 Mar. 1769, to Benjamin DeWolf, born 14 Oct. 1744, son of Simeon and Parnell
(Kirtland), and became the ancestress of an important family of DeWolf s at Windsor,
for which see Eaton's History of King's County, Nova Scotia, pp. 630-632. In
Register, vol. 41, p. 221, it is stated that Jehiel DeWolf married Rachel Otis, but this
is incorrect. For Jehiel DeWolf's marriages see History of King's County, p. 637.

In his will, dated 6 Oct. 1814 and proved 7 Nov. 1816, Dr. Ephraim Otis of Scituate,
Mass., who died 21 Oct. 1816, aged 63, brother of Susanna (Otis) Haliburton and
Rachel (Otis) DeWolf, bequeathed to the heirs of Rachel DeWolf of Windsor, N. S.,
54,000, to Susannah Haliburton, wife of William Haliburton of Windsor, 55,000 (to be
equally divided between her son, W. H. O. Haliburton, and her daughter, Abigail
Fales), and also to W. H. O. Haliburton $1,000.

t In his Sketch of the Old Parish Burying Ground of Windsor, Nova Scotia (1889),
pp. 91-92, Dr. Hind writes: "Before me lies a covenant bearing date May 1st, 1763,
by which William Hallyburton, Gentleman, exchanges his farm lot on ' the River
Kennetcook, Letter F., Number 3, the 2nd Division, with the Marsh and Dyke with the
same,' for the 'Farm lot, on the River Pisiquid, Letter A., No. 3, in the second Division,

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law, and in time he became judge of probate for Hants
County, an office which he held until his death.

In an interesting Haliburton manuscript deposited many-
years ago in the Library of the New England Historic
Genealogical Society Miss Georgina Haliburton {vide infra,
11, ii) wrote: "William was a boy of fine intellectual promise,
but showed no special inclination to any one pursuit. He
was fond of adventure, and a pioneer's fife would have suited
him well. He began the study of medicine and surgery; but
when he was nineteen an expedition was formed against the
Indians, and throwing aside his studies he went as a volunteer
surgeon with a company of young men and joined the expedi-
tion. After some months campaigning he returned unhurt,
and his mother, f eeling great anxiety lest his love of adventure
should increase, strongly encouraged his early attachment
to his cousin Susanna Otis. ... At last the marriage took
place, and the couple had a long and happy married life."
Miss Haliburton then narrates the settlement of the young
couple in Nova Scotia. She says that they sailed from Boston
to Halifax, taking with them provisions for eighteen months,
tents, furniture, spinning wheels, a loom, farming implements,
and two negroes from the household of Mrs. Haliburton's
father. From Halifax they travelled on horseback a distance
of forty miles, along the narrow French road, the wife seated
on a pinion behind her husband. For a few months they and
their servants lived in tents, but finally they built a two-
story frame house, the foundation and posts of which were
logs, the walls being clapboarded. Mr. Haliburton's death
occurred, it is said, sometime in Feb. 1817. The date of
Mrs. Haliburton's death is not known.

In this narrative by Miss Haliburton there are, probably,
some inaccurate statements. It is known that Dr. Ellis and
his family sailed from Newport, R. I., for the Nova Scotia
shore of the Bay of Fundy, as did a great many other people
in 1760 and 1761; and it is probable that the Haliburtons
also reached Newport, N. S., by the same route. It would be
very unreasonable to suppose that they sailed from Boston
to Halifax, for the road from Halifax to Newport and
"Windsor was at that time almost impassable, and the other

exclusive of the Dyke, Marsh, and Village Lot drawn with the same,' belonging to
Jonathan Babcock. This covenant was witnessed by Edward Ellis and George
Hallyburton, and certified by Isaac Deschamps on the 5th of July, 1764. The writing
of both William and George Hallyburton is very good."

From Mr. George Mullane the compiler of this article learns that in the Crown
Land Office at Halifax there is recorded a grant to William Hallyburton, in Mar. 1772,
of 1/4 acre in the township of Windsor. (Book 9, fo. 293, and Book 10, fo. 16.) There
is also a grant to William Halliburton, 22 Apr. 1783, of 30,000 acres on the Kennetcook
River. (Book 13, fo. 26.) A petition from William Haliburton to the House of
Assembly, dated Mar. 1798 and covering about twelve pages of letter paper, refers to
certain lands granted to him and others in Douglas, Hants Co., and also to a petition of
Hector McLean for himself and others respecting lands said to have been granted to
Lieutenant-Colonel Small in trust for the disbanded 84th Regiment. The petitioner
intimates some irregularity in the proceedings relative to those lands and certain
defects of title, and prays the interposition of the Assembly in the matter. He com-
plains of hard usage by the former soldiers.

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settlers from Rhode Island sailed up the Bay of Fundy to the
Avon River and landed somewhere near Fort Edward, in the
township of Windsor. From a letter from Hon. Charles
Morris to Mr. Isaac Deschamps, dated 31 Mar. 1761, it
appears that a certain Captain Maloney, who was then
concerned in bringing settlers from Connecticut and Rhode
Island to Nova Scotia, was ordered to bring Dr. Ellis and his
family to Newport, N. S., if they were ready to come*

In the Library of the Massachusetts Historical Society is
a long manuscript letter from William Haliburton to Rev.
Jeremy Belknap, dated 1 Sept. 1796, in which the writer
describes a "floating anchor" and a movable apparatus for
putting out and taking in the anchor in all weathers, which
he had lately invented.

Children :

i. William, 3 b. 2 Sept. 1762; d. 16 Apr. 1764.

ii. Susanna Hamilton, b. 16 May 1765; d. young.

4. iii. William Herset Otis, b. at Windsor, N. S., 3 Sept. 1767.
iv. Chablotte, b. 20 Sept. 1770; d. young.

v. Abigail, b. at Windsor, N. S., 15 June 1773; d. at Boston 29 Nov.
1839; bur. in Mt. Auburn Cemetery; m. in King's Chapel Parish,
Boston, 23 Aug. 1801, Samuel Fales, b. at Bristol, R. I., 29
Aug. 1775, d. 6 Aug. 1848. He was a prominent merchant and
was president of the Union Bank, Boston. They lived where
the building numbered 174, on Tremont Street, Boston, now
stands, in a house built by Capt. Winslow Lewis in 1814. t Chil-
dren, baptized in King's Chapel Parish, Boston: 1. Lucy Ann
Charlotte Augusta, bapt. 13 Feb. 1803. 2. Samuel Bradford, bapt.
24 June 1804. 3. Susanna Maria, bapt. 19 Dec. 1809. 4.
Frances Maria, bapt. 28 Apr. 1811. 5. Eliza Ann, bapt. 31 Oct.
1813. 6. Haliburton, bapt. 5 Mar. 1815.

vi. John Gustavus, b. 23 Jan. 1775; d. young.

5. vii. George Mobdaunt, b. at Windsor, N. S., 30 June 1777.

3. George 2 Haliburton (Andrew 1 ), baptized in King's Chapel
Parish, Boston, 23 Jan. 1742/3, died, probably at Exeter,
N. H., between 6 Nov. 1813 and 3 Apr. 1814. He married
first, at Horton, N. S., 27 Sept. 1766 (Horton township book),
Ann Avert, born at Lebanon, Conn., 25 June 1747, living
in 1802, daughter of Robert and Ann (Cushman) ; J and
secondly Mary Gale, widow, of Exeter, N. H., who died at
Exeter 30 Sept. 1842, her will of 2 June 1841 mentioning her
children, Enoch Gale, Amos Gale, and C. P. Gale (deceased),
Martha, widow of C. P. Gale, and Mary and Charles, children
of C. P. and Martha Gale.

Without doubt George Haliburton went to Nova Scotia in
1761 with his mother and stepfather and his brother William.
He received no grant of land, nor does he seem to have been
a farmer, but from 1769 to 1774 he served as schoolmaster for
Windsor and Newport under the direction and in the pay of

* Hind's Old Parish Burying Ground of Windsor, Nova Scotia, p. 56.

t See manuscript notes on the Fales family, by Miss Georgina Haliburton, in the
Library of the New England Historic Genealogical Society.

$ Robert Avery was a grantee at Horton, N. S., in 1761, and had previously lived at
Lebanon, Conn. For him and his family see Eaton's History of King's County, Nova
Scotia, pp. 549, 881.

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the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts.
In 1769 Rev. Joseph Bennett, missionary of this Society at
Windsor, wrote to the Society that Mr. Watts, the Society's
schoolmaster, " being better provided for, has quitted the school
and Mr. Halliburton is put in his room." In 1766 George
Haliburton was registrar of probate for King's County,*
Isaac Deschamps being judge of "His Majesty's Court of
Wills." The next year, however, George Deschamps, son of
Isaac, succeeded George Haliburton as registrar of probate.
A plan in the Crown Land Department at Halifax, dated
10 Apr. 1775, is signed "p. me George Hallyburton, Dep.
Sur.," the inference from this being that a deputy-surveyor-
ship in the Province was held by him.f In the census of
King's County for 1770 the family of George Haliburton is
given as consisting of one man, one woman, two boys, and
one girl. At what time George Haliburton removed from
Nova Scotia to New England is not known, but in 1797 he
bought a house in Exeter, N. H., and in that year, for the first
time, was taxed in that town. It was probably this George
Haliburton who on 24 June 1804 was a sponsor at the baptism,
in King's Chapel Parish, Boston, of Samuel Bradford Fales
(vide supra, 2, v. 2). In his will (vide infra) he calls himself
"Mariner," and according to the late J. Herbert Sawyer, who
spent much time gathering facts concerning this branch of
the Haliburton family, he became a sea captain and sailed
from Portsmouth, N. H. J

In his will, dated 6 Nov. 1813 and proved 3 Apr. 1814,
"George Halliburton § of Exeter," N. H., "Mariner," mentions
his wife Mary, whom he appoints sole executrix, and to whom
he leaves the residue of his personal estate not otherwise
bequeathed and all of his real estate for life; his sons George-
Halliburton, Andrew Halliburton, and John Halliburton (if
he be living), who, together with the children of his daughter
Ann McClintock, deceased, are to receive all his real estate
at the death of his wife; his granddaughters Ann McClintock,
Caroline McClintock, and Emily McClintock; his daughters-
in-law Mary Halliburton and Elizabeth Halliburton; and his
wife's son Charles Pinkney Gale. At the settlement of the
estate of the widow, Mary Haliburton, in February and
March 1843, the real estate of her late husband, George
Haliburton, which had been in her possession, was appraised

# * Hants County, in which Windsor and Newport are situated, was then a part of
King's County. It was not set off as a separate county until 1781.

t Hind's Old Parish Burying Ground of Windsor, Nova Scotia, p. 92.

1 Cf. also Miss Titcomb's Early New England People, p. 37.

§_ The Portsmouth Haliburtons for a long time, as the will of this testator and that
of his son Andrew (6) show, commonly spelled their surname "Halliburton." In her
later years Miss Georgina Haliburton (11, ii), granddaughter of Andrew (6), is said to
have reverted to the traditional spelling with one I, "Haliburton." In Nova Scotia
the spelling "Halliburton" has been uniformly used for the family of Dr. John Halli-
burton, who married Susannah Brenton and came from Newport, R. I., to Halifax,
N. S., in 1782, while the name of the family treated in this article has in later times
rarely been spelled otherwise than "Haliburton." However, in early records, both
in Nova Scotia and in New England, the spelling "Hallyburton" is frequently found
in the family of Andrew 1 of Boston.

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at $900; and Andrew Haliburton agreed to take it at this
valuation and to pay to the other heirs as follows : to George
Haliburton of Maine, $225; to John Haliburton or his heirs,
$225; and to each of the [three] daughters of his deceased
sister, Ann McClintock, $75. Of the three daughters of Ann

McClintock, deceased, Ann was then the wife of

Jenness, Caroline was the wife of Perkins, and Emily

was unmarried.

Children by first wife:

i. George, 8 b. at Horton, N. S., 21 Sept. 1767;* living in 1843, when

he is called "of Maine;" m. Mary , who was living in

1813.
ii. John Olive [sic], b. at Horton, N. S., 16 July 1769. Apparently

his father in 1813 and his brother Andrew in 1843 did not know

whether he was living or dead,
iii. Ann, b. probably at Horton, N. S.; d. before 6 Nov. 1813; m.

McClintock; resided at Effingham, N. H. Children:

1. Ann, m. not later than 1843 Jenness. 2. Caroline, m.

not later than 1843 Perkins. 3. Emily, living mm. in

1843.
6. iv. Andrew, b. at Horton, N. S., 4 Sept. 1771.

4. William Herset Otis 3 Haliburton (William, 2 Andrew 1 ), born
at Windsor, N. S., 3 Sept. 1767, died there in the summer of
1829.f He married first, probably in 1794, Lucy C. Grant,
born about 1774, died 8 Mar. 1797, in her 23d year (grave-
stone at Windsor, N. S.), daughter of Maj. Alexander and
Sarah (Kent);J and secondly, at Windsor, probably late in
1803, § Susanna (Francklin) Davis, born 23 Aug. 1765, died
about 1851,|| daughter of Lieut.-Gov. Michael and Susanna
(Boutineau) Francklin Tf and widow of Benjamin Davis of
Pennsylvania.

* The Horton town records give 21 Sept. 1767 as the date of birth. In the Newport
records 22 Sept. is given as the date.

t In the Boston Columbian Centinel of 1 Aug. 1829 is printed the following obituary
notice: "In Windsor, N. S., after a most painful illness, W. H. O. Halliburton, Esq.,
Chief Justice of Courts of Common Pleas and General Sessions of the Peace, for the
middle division of Nova Scotia, aged 62."

% Maj. Alexander Grant was a Scotch veteran, who had served under Wolfe at
Quebec in 1759 (3 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Canada, vol. 3, p. 44) and fought
on the British side in the American Revolution, probably in the 42d Regiment. He
"feU dead in gallantly storming Fort Montgomery." From 1777 to 1783 his family
is said to have lived at Newtown, Long Island, N. Y. In the latter year Mrs. Sarah
Grant, widow of Alexander, went with her three daughters to Annapolis Royal, N. S.,
in company, it is believed, with Col. Joshua Chandler, a Loyalist from New Haven,
Conn., and his family, and, no doubt, with other Loyalists. Early in Mar. 1787
Colonel Chandler, with his son William, his daughter Elizabeth, and Mrs. Grant,
embarked in a vessel at Annapolis Royal for St. John, N. B., Colonel Chandler and
probably also Mrs. Grant intending to appear before a commission that was to sit at
St. John to determine Loyalist claims. The vessel was driven by a violent storm on
the rocks at Musquash Point, about nine miles from St. John, and in trying to secure
it so that the party might land safely young William Chandler was crushed to death
in the waves. The rest of the party reached the shore safely; but the snow was still
deep, there were no roads, and after wandering about for hours Colonel Chandler and
his daughter and Mrs. Grant perished "in the woods at Partridge Island, near St.
John," on 11 Mar. 1787. Their bodies were found soon afterwards and were buried
in the old cemetery in St. John, at the head of King Street. At the time of her death
Mrs. Grant was but 38 years of age. Her daughter Elizabeth, born, it is said, in 1775,
married Ensign Thomas Chandler, son of Col. Joshua. Cf. The Chandler Family,
1883, pp. 252-257, 480.

§ This marriage was published in the United States Chronicle of 16 Feb. 1804.

JJ A statement has been printed that she survived her husband twenty-two years.

If Michael Francklin, a Devonshire man, came to Halifax, N. S., from England in
1752, and died at Halifax 8 Nov. 1782. He married in Boston, 21 Jan. 1762 (according

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Mr. Haliburton studied law in the office of William Stearns,
Esq., of Halifax, N. S., a fellow student of his there being
the noted Nova Scotia lawyer, Hon. Simon Bradstreet Robie.
He was appointed, 2 Nov. 1786, clerk of the peace for Hants
County, and, together with Hon. Samuel George William
Archibald, afterwards master of the rolls, was made K. C. on

, 21 May 1817. On 17 Mar. 1824 he was appointed judge of
the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for the middle division

- of the Province,* and he held this office until his death. He
served also with distinction for eighteen successive years, it
is said, as a member of the Legislature. Like most members
of the Haliburton family he was a staunch supporter of the
Anglican Church.

Only child, by first wife:

7. i. Thomas Chandleb, 4 b. at Windsor, N. S., 17 Dec. 1796.

5. Geoege Mordaunt 3 Halibttbton (William, 2 Andrew 1 ), born
at Windsor, N. S., 30 June 1777, died at 204 Harrison Avenue,
Boston, 31 May 1861. f He married first Christiana Marie
Loupe, a woman of Swiss extraction; and secondly, at Hali-
fax, N. S., 3 July 1810 (records of St. Matthew's Parish,
Halifax), Maria Cunningham Peeples, "spinster," who is
said to have lived apart from her husband for some years and
to have died at Baddeck, C. B., 19 Jan. 1865, aged 79. J

In the first decade of the nineteenth century George Mor-
daunt Haliburton repeatedly advertised dry goods and
groceries for sale at his shop, at the corner of Hollis and Sack-
to Windsor (N. S.) town records) or 7 Feb. 1762 (according to Boston town records),
Susannah Boutineau, born about 1740, died at Windsor, N. S., 19 Apr. 1816, in her
76th year, daughter of Joseph and Susannah (Faneuil) Boutineau and granddaughter of
Benjamin FaneuIL At Halifax Mr. Francklin engaged in trade, his business prospered,
his popularity became great, and in time he entered public affairs. In 1762 he became
a member of the Council, and in 1766 lieutenant-governor, filling this office actively and
intelligently until 1776. The Francklins long made their chief home at Windsor, and
were among the most active supporters of the Anglican Church in that town. Lieu-
tenant-Governor Francklin gave the land for the parish church (Christ Church) and
churchyard at Windsor, and Mrs. Francklin gave, 28 Apr. 1801, an acre of land oppo-
site the church for a parsonage and, in 1815, a complete set of service books, including
a handsomely-bound folio Bible, for use in public worship. Their children were: 1.
James Boutineau, born 31 July 1763. 2. Elizabeth Mauger, born 3 Sept. 1764. 3.
Susannah, born 23 Aug. 1765. 4. Ann, born 31 Aug. 1767. 5. Joshua Mauger, born
1 Sept. 1769. 6. Michael Nickleson, born 20 Aug. 1773. 7. John Robinson, born
6 July 1774. 8. George Sackville Germain, born 15 Jan. 1777. 9. Mary Phillipps,
born 7 Oct. 1779. 10. Sarah Nickleson, born 21 Dec. 1780.

* On the same day Jared Ingersoll Chipman was appointed to the corresponding
judgeship for the eastern division of the Province and Thomas Ritchie to the similar
office for the western division. The judge or "chief justice " of one of these divisions
was only chief of the minor justices of the peace in his division, who were taken from
various walks of life and not from the legal profession only. Murdoch, the historian
of Nova Scotia, says in his history (vol. 3, p. 439): "Although educational establish-
ments had, as yet, effected little for the people, yet in 1819 men like Ritchie, Robie,
Haliburton, and Archibald, natives of the province, exhibited statesmanlike ideas, a
power of subtle reasoning, and much eloquence."

t He was buried in the Forest Hills Cemetery. In the burial notice in the records
in the Boston City Hall he is said to have died 20 May 1861, but 31 May is probably
the correct date.

t In the record of the death of George Mordaunt Haliburton he is said to be a
widower. His second wife is said to have been a Boston woman, the daughter of the
captain of a merchantman. Her surname, of which the proper spelling is probably
" Peoples," is not, however, a Boston name, but is found in early records of Falmouth
(now Portland), Me.

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ville Streets, Halifax. About 1831 he removed to Boston,
and until 1839, at least, held a position in the Boston custom-
house. Later he probably again kept a shop, and in the
notice of his death he is called "merchant." Administration
on his estate was granted to his son, George Mordaunt Hali-
burton, Jr.

Soon after coming to Boston the Haliburtons connected
themselves with St. Matthew's Church (Protestant Episcopal)
in South Boston, the family consisting, according to the
registers of this church, 1 Sept. 1838, of four males and one
female. From May 1835 to May 1838 Rev. Horace Lorenzo
Conolly was rector of St. Matthew's. He is said to have been
an Irishman, and was educated probably at Trinity College,
Dublin. After he left South Boston he seems to have settled
in Salem, Mass., and there to have been on friendly terms
with Hawthorne; and in the biography of Longfellow, written
by Samuel Longfellow, it is stated that the story which sug-
gested to Longfellow the poem "Evangeline" was told by
Mrs. Haliburton to Mr. Conolly, was repeated by Mr. Conolly
to Hawthorne, and then was told by Hawthorne and Conolly
to Longfellow at the Craigie House.

Children by first wife:

i. Georgianna, 4 b. at Halifax, N. S., abt. 1803; d. unm. at 30 Kriee-
land Street, Boston, 9 (or 11) July 1888, aged 85; bur. in Mt.
Auburn Cemetery. On 27 Feb. 1862 she made a will, in which
she mentions her sister, Maria Sanby Bayard; her sister's four
children, one of whom was Henrietta Cooper Bayard; her
cousin, Haliburton Fales (whom she appoints executor), and his
sons, Samuel and Haliburton, Jr.; the sons of her cousin, Eliza
Ann (Fales) Bridgham; and her five brothers, William Hersey
Otis, George Mordaunt, Thomas Andrew, Charles William
Robinson, and Alfred Fales Haliburton. This will was super-
seded by a later one, dated 14 Nov. 1887 and proved 24 Dec.
1890, in which she leaves $100 to her brother, W. H. O. Halibur-
ton of Annapolis, N. S., all the residue of her estate, both real
and personal, going to Rufus J. Smith of Boston, grocer, who is
to provide during her lifetime for his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth
Maria Smith of Boston. Miss Haliburton's mind being unsound,
; on 12 Dec. 1887 George A. Sawyer of Cambridge, Mass., was

appointed her guardian.
ii. Maria Sanby, living in 1862; m. 8 Mar. 1831 Samuel Bayard,
M.D., of St. John, N. B., b. at Wilmot, N. S., 1 Mar. 1790, s. of
Col. Samuel Vetch and Catherine (Van Home).* They had at
least four children, one of whom was Henrietta Cooper.
8. iii. William Hersey Otis, b. probably at Windsor or at Halifax, N. S.,
in 1808.

Children by second wife:

iv. John Gustavtts Peoples, bapt. in St. Matthew's Parish, Halifax,
N. S., 26 May 1811. He practised law at Sydney ? C. B., but
nothing has been learned about his family. He is not men-
tioned in the will made by his sister, Georgianna Haliburton,
27 Feb. 1862.f

* Cf. Eaton's History of King's County, Nova Scotia, pp. 103-104, 134.

t In Boston, 22 Dec. 1890, Henrietta W. Haliburton of Boston was appointed
guardian of Georgianna Haliburton, born 7 Aug. 1871, a minor cbild_ of Thomas H.
Haliburton, late of Baddeck, C. B., deceased, and his widow, Catherine Haliburton,
Albert and LiUa A. Day of Boston, becoming sureties with said Henrietta. These

;

1917] The Haliburton Family 69

9. v. George Mobdaunt, bapt. in St. Matthew's Parish, Halifax, N. S.,
29 Aug. 1813.

vi. Thomas Andrew, bapt. in St. Matthew's Parish, Halifax, N. S.,
19 Mar. 1815; living in Boston in 1844, when he appears in the
Directory as a clerk, with an address at 90 Milk Street; living as
late as 1862, when he is mentioned in the will made by his sister,
Georgianna Haliburton.

vii. Charles William Robinson, living in i862.

10. viii. Alfred Fales, bapt. at Windsor, N. S., 29 May 1820.

6. Andrew 3 Haliburton (George, 2 Andrew 1 ), of Portsmouth, N. H.,
born at Horton, N. S., 4 Sept. 1771, died at Portsmouth,
where he was buried 4 May 1846 (records of St. John's Church,
Portsmouth). He married first, 8 May 1796, Elizabeth
Underwood, who was living in 1813; and secondly, 29 June
1823, Sarah Ann Manning, who died 2 Mar. 1877, aged 75,
daughter of Thomas and Statira.*

Andrew Haliburton was for some years president of the
Portsmouth Bank. In his will, dated 23 May 1843 and
proved 12 May 1846, he bequeathed all his property to his
wife (subject to the payment of $50 a year to his daughter,
Mary Ann Haliburton), with reversion at his wife's death to
his daughter, Mary Ann, and his son, James P.

Children by first wife:

i. Mart Ann, 4 bapt. 11 Nov. 1797, "aged one year;" d. unm., prob-
ably in Boston, 7 May 1888; bur. probably at Portsmouth, N. H.
In her will, dated in Boston 23 Dec. 1882 and proved 11 June
1888, she mentioned conspicuously her niece, Georgina Hali-
burton of Portsmouth (11, li).

ii. George William, bapt. 5 Apr. 1806, "aged 6 years last May;"
d. 7 Jan. 1842.

iii. Elizabeth, bapt. 5 Apr. 1806, "aged 4 years."

Child by second wife:

11. iv. James Pierrepont, b. at Portsmouth, N. H., in June 1824 and bapt.

8 Aug. 1824.

7. Thomas Chandler 4 Haliburton (William Hersey Otis, 3 Wil-
liam, 2 Andrew 1 ), born at Windsor, N. S., 17 Dec. -1796, died at
his residence, Gordon House, Islesworth, co. Middlesex, Eng-
land, 27 Aug. 1865. He married first, in 1816 (probably in
the early summer), Louisa Neville, who died at Windsor,
N. S., 29 Nov. 1841, only daughter of Capt. Lawrence Neville
of the Second Life Guards and Nineteenth Light Dragoons ;f
and secondly, in England, in 1856, Sarah Harriet (Owen)
Williams, daughter of William Mostyn Owen, Esq., of Wood-
house, Shropshire, England, and widow (after 1844) of
Edward Hosier Williams of Eaton Mascott, Shewsbury, Shrop-
shire.

Haliburtons are probably descendants either of John Gustavus Peoples Haliburton
or of his brother, Alfred Fales Haliburton.

* These are the parents of Sarah Ann (Manning) Haliburton according to the
official record of her death. In the Wentworth Genealogy, vol. 1, p. 515, she is said
to have been the daughter of Capt. Thomas and Margaret (Purcell) Manning.

t Judge Haliburton met this lady when as a young law student he was visiting
England. Her father, Captain Neville, is said to have served in India, and both her
parents are said to have died before her marriage to Judge Haliburton.

70 Old Boston Families [Jan.

He was graduated at King's College, Windsor, N. S., in 1815,
and was called to the Nova Scotia bar in 1820. For some
years both before and after his admission to the bar he evidently
lived at Windsor, but as early as 1824 he was practising
law at Annapolis Royal.* From 1827 to 1829 he was a
member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Annapolis
County, but in the latter year he was made a justice of the
Inferior Court of Common Pleas for the middle division of
the Province, and then he probably returned to Windsor to
live. On the abolition of the Court of Common Pleas he was
appointed, in 1841, a judge of the Supreme Court of Nova
Scotia; but in 1856 he resigned this position and removed to
England, where he resided for the remainder of his life.
From 1859 to 1865 he sat in the House of Co mm ons, as a
Conservative, for Launceston, co. Cornwall.

Judge Haliburton gained great distinction as an author.
He published a two-volume historical and statistical account
of Nova Scotia, but his literary fame rests chiefly on his
humorous writings, in which he narrates the sayings and doings
of Sam Slick of Slickville, whom he represents as a Yankee
pedlar who travelled through Nova Scotia selling wooden
clocks. He "was the first writer who used the American
dialect, and according to Artemus Ward founded the American
school of humour." t

Though an aristocrat and a Tory, Judge Haliburton was
conspicuous in Nova Scotia for his advocacy of progressive
and liberal measures. His sarcastic designation of the "Old
Council of Twelve," at Halifax, in 1827, as "twelve dignified,
deep-read, pensioned old ladies, but filled with prejudice and
whims, like all other antiquated spinsters," was never for-
gotten or forgiven by this body to the end of its existence.
He had a well-deserved reputation for oratory, but bis early
oratory, at least, was of "the studied and ornate kind — which
prevailed more in his time than it does now." Although he
went to England with the wide reputation which he had
attained as an orator, a jurist, and a man of letters, J his
English parliamentary career was without distinction. The
chief scholastic honor conferred on him was the degree of

* Judge Savary states that he removed to Annapolis Royal in July 1821, but his
children continued to be baptized at Windsor until July 1823. Cf. the Calnek-Savary
History of the County of Annapolis, pp. 418-426.

t In the Dictionary of National Biography, from which this quotation is taken, may
be found an excellent sketch of Judge Haliburton's life, with references to other biogra-
phies of him and with the titles of sixteen of his books.

t Hon. Col. Charles Fox is said to have introduced Sam Slick the Clockmaker to
English court circles. In a volume of minor poems called "A Bundle of Faggots,"
Walter Savage Landor wrote:

"Once I would bid the man go hang
From whom there came a word of slang;
Now pray I, though the slang runs thick
Across the Atlantic from Sam Slick,
Never may fall the slightest hurt on
The witty head of Haliburton,
Wherein methinks more wisdom lies
Than in the wisest of the wise."

1917] The Haliburton Family 71

D.C.L., which he received from the University of Oxford in

1858. A portrait of Judge Haliburton by a painter named

Betham hangs in the Legislative Council Chamber at Halifax,

N. S., and Clifton, his former estate at Windsor, is visited by

many who hold in memory the great names of the past.
Children by first wife:

i. Susanna Lucy Anne, 6 bapt. at Windsor,. N. S., 2 June 1817; d.
11 Sept. 1899; bur. at Windsor; m. in 1848, as his second wife,
Hon. John Wesley Weldon of St. John, N. B., Judge of the
Supreme Court of New Brunswick and Speaker of the House of
Representatives.* Child: 1. Haliburton, d. 3 Aug. 1873, aged
24; bur. at Windsor.

ii. William Neville, bapt. at Windsor, N. S„ 1 Dec. 1819; d. young.

iii. Thomas (twin), bapt. at Windsor, N. S., 18 Jan. 1821; d. in
Massachusetts, in an asylum for the insane, 3 Nov. 1847, aged 26
(Boston records, which call him of Windsor, N. S.) ; bur. in Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, where his gravestone gives 4 Nov. 1847 as the
date of death.f

iv. Lewis (twin), bapt. at Windsor, N. S., 18 Jan. 1821; bur. two
days later.

v. Augusta Louisa Neville, bapt. at Windsor, N. S., 3 July 1823;
d. at Torquay, co. Devon, Eng., 11 Oct. 1891; m. shortly before
1 Sept. 1854 Alexander Fowsden Haltbueton, who d. 29 Jan.
1873, an Englishman who lived for some years at Baddeck, C. B.,
and who is said (3 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Canada,
vol. 3, p. 44) to have been "of Whitley and Torquay [Eng.]."

vi. Laura Charlotte, bapt. at Annapolis Royal, N. S., 8 Sept. 1824;
d. at Nice, France, late in Dec. 1910; m. in Dec. 1851 William
Cunard, b. in Apr. 1825, second s. of Sir Samuel and Susan
(Duff us). In England the residences of the Cunards were Orleans
House, Twickenham, and 95 Eaton Square, London, S.W.
Children: 1. William Samuel, b. in 1856. 2. Ernest Haliburton,
b. in 1862. 3. Cyril Grant, b. in 1867. 4. Alice Mary.

vii. William Frederic Neville, bapt. at Annapolis Royal, N. S.,
1 Dec. 1826; bur. 11 Apr. 1827, aged 10 months.

viii. Emma Maria, bapt. at Annapolis Royal 18 Oct. 1828; m. Rev. J.
Batnbridge Smith.

ix. Amelia Mackay, bapt. at Windsor, N. S., 17 June 1830; m. in
1849 Rev. Edwin Gilpin (afterwards D.D., and for a long time,
until his death, Dean of the Anglican pro-cathedral at Halifax,
N. S.), b. 3 June 1831, s. of Rev. Edwin and Gertrude (Brinley).
They had issue.

x. Robert Grant, D.C.L., b. at Windsor, N. S., 3 June 1831 and bapt.
there 21 Mar. 1832; d. unm. in 1898. In his lifetime he was
recognized as a scientist of considerable note and was the author
of many scholarly monographs. He lived chiefly in Canada, but
spent much time in the United States.

xi. Arthur Lawrence, b. at Windsor, N. S., 26 Sept. 1832 and bapt.
there 13 July 1833; d. s.p. in London, Eng., in 1907; m. 3 Nov.
1877 Mariana Emily (Schuster) Clay, daughter of Leo Schus-
ter and widow of Sir William Dickason Clay, 2d Bart. He served
on the Commissariat Staff of the British Army from 1855 to 1870,
and was then transferred to the Civil Service as Assistant Director
of Supplies and Transport; he was Director of Supplies and
Transport at the War Office in London from 1878 to 1888, As-
sistant Under-Secretary of State for War from 1888 to 1895, and
Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War from 1895 to 1897.
He received the degree of D.CL. from King's College, Windsor,

* Judge Weldon's first wife was Frances Chandler Upham.

t His burial on 6 Nov. 1847 is entered in the records of St. Matthew's Church,
South Boston.

72 Old Boston Families^ [Jan.

N. S., was Justice of the Peace and Deputy-Lieutenant for London,
and was created Companion of the Bath in 1880, Knight Com-
mander of the Bath in 1885, and Knight Grand Cross of the Bath
in 1897. He was raised to the peerage of the United Kingdom
on 13 June 1898 as Baron Haliburton of Windsor, in the Province
of Nova Scotia, and Dominion of Canada, being the only native
Nova Scotian who has been thus honored. His rise to the ranks
of the peerage is said to have been due largely to his magnetic

Eersonality. His London residence was at 57 Lowndes Square,
.W. His arms are given in Burke's Peerage, edition of 1904.

8. William Hersey Otis 4 Haliburton (George Mordaunt, 3 Wil-
liam, 2 Andrew 1 ), of Clements, Annapolis Royal, and Wolfville,
N. S., born, probably at Windsor or at Halifax, N. S., in 1808,
died 24 May 1890. He married first Mary Ryerson of
Annapolis Royal, N. S.; and secondly, in 1848, Susanna

Ried of Carlisle, England.

On 2 Sept. 1890, on petition of the children of William
Hersey Otis Haliburton, who is declared to have last lived
at Wolfville, N. S., and to have died 24 May 1890, George A.
Sawyer of Cambridge, Mass., was appointed administrator
of the estate of the deceased. (Suffolk Co., Mass., Probate
Records.)

Children by first wife, baptized at Annapolis Royal, N. S. :

; L John William, 6 bapt. 9 Nov. 1834, the parents living at Clements.

(Anglican Church records.)
ii. James Loup, bapt. 24 June 1837, the parents living at Annapolis

Royal,
iii. Maria, bapt. 29 Jan. 1840.
iv. Hersey Otis, of Granville, Annapolis Co., N. S., bapt. 2 May 1844.

Children by second wife:

v. William, of Liverpool, N. S., bapt. at Annapolis Royal, N. S.,
26 June 1850; m. Ella McCormick. Children: 1. Susanna*
2. Mary Lelitia. 3. William Mordaunt, m. Beryl Sweeney.
; vi. Capt. Louis, of New York, N. Y., and later of Cornwallis, N. S., m.

Clara Harris.

vii. Mary Isabella, bapt. at Annapolis Royal, N. S., 7 Mar. 1855; m.
at Liverpool, N. S., 23 June 1892, Aubrey Brown of King's Co.,
N. S. They lived at Wolfville and Digby, N. S.

viii. Laura Cunard, bapt. at Annapolis Royal, N. S., 26 May 1863; m.
Herbert W. Moore. They lived at Wolfville, N. S. Child:
1. Helen Marie.

9. George Mordaunt 4 Haliburton (George Mordaunt, 3 William, 2

Andrew 1 ) was baptized in St. Matthew's Parish, Halifax,
N. S., 29 Aug. 1813. He married in St. Matthew's Parish,
South Boston, 13 Jan. 1846, Charlotte Colston.

He removed to Boston, probably with his parents, and
became a seller of books and periodicals, appearing in the
Directory in 1845 as having a shop at 12 State Street and as
living at 10 Crescent Place. In 1846 he was of the firm of
Redding and Company, and his house was at 41 Bedford
Street. On 19 Oct. 1853, being called "trader," he received
a mortgage from Alexander Williams, bookseller. He was
confirmed in St. Matthew's Parish, South Boston, 24 Mar.
1839.

■

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Children, born in Boston and baptized in St. Matthew's

Parish, South Boston:

i. Thomas Andrew, 6 b. 11 July 1847.
ii. Louisa, b. 7 Nov. 1849.

iii. George Colston, b. 8 Nov. 1851: d. at Dorchester, Mass., 11 Mar.
1853.

10. Alfred Faxes 4 Haliburton {George' Mordaunt, 3 William, 2
Andrew 1 ), baptized at Windsor, N. S., 29 May 1820, died
about 1906, aged 86. He married at Sydney, C. B., Eliza-
beth Plant, daughter of Samuel (an Englishman who had
come to America as agent for the General Mining Association).

He was a pupil at the Windsor (N. S.) academy, and, after
his father removed to Boston, he attended for two years the
Boston Latin School. Later he returned to Nova Scotia,
and was articled to Judge Lewis Morris Wilkins at Windsor.
After being admitted to the Nova Scotia bar he practised law
at Sydney, C. B., with his brother, John Gustavus Peoples
Haliburton. Some time after his marriage he removed to
Baddeck, C. B., where he was sheriff, registrar of deeds, and
collector of customs. Finally he became sergeant at arms in
the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

Children:

i. Mordaunt Plant, 6 d. unm.

ii. John Peebles, of Boune Bay, Newfoundland, m. . Children :

1. John Plant. 6 2. Ella Frances. 3. Thomas Chandler. Several

others,
iii. A daughter, d. in infancy.
iv. Douglas.
v. Alfred Andrew, m. . Children: 1. Alfred Francis? 2.

Marion Frances. 3. Arthur John.
vi. William Plant, d. unm. at sea.
vii. Samuel, d. unm. at sea.
viii. Horatio Henry, m. . Children: 1. Mary Alfredo.* 2.

Edward. 3. Gordon. Six others.
ix. Amelia Maria.
x. Elizabeth.
xi. Frances, m. her cousin, James Fraser.

11. James Pierrepont 4 Haliburton (Andrew, 3 George, 2 Andrew 1 ),

born at Portsmouth, N. H., in June 1824 and baptized 8 Aug.
1824, died in July 1849 and was buried 31 July 1849. He
married Susan Hamilton Peters* of Brooklyn, N. Y., who
died 8 Apr. 1898, having married secondly, 18 Nov. 1856,
George Wallis Haven of Portsmouth, A.B. (Dartmouth
College, 1828), A.M. (honorary) (Harvard, 1889), lawyer,
born at Portsmouth 24 June 1808, died there 9 Aug. 1895.f

In his will, dated 23 Oct. 1848 and proved at Portsmouth
11 Sept. 1849, James Pierrepont Haliburton leaves to his

* Mary, younger sister of Susan Hamilton Peters, married (1) in 1853 Gilbert W.
Bowne, who died six months later; and (2) in 1859 Gen. Harmanus B. Duryea of
Brooklyn, N. Y., to whom she bore sons, Pierrepont Haliburton and Harmanus
Barkeloo.

t George Haven, M.D. (Harvard, 1883), son of George Wallis and Susan Hamilton
(Peters) (Haliburton) Haven, was born 13 July 1861 and died 27 Sept. 1903. He be-
came a leading physician in Boston. In his will, dated 22 May 1901 and proved
6 Nov. 1903, he left the income from a large portion of his estate to his half-sister,
Georgina Haliburton.

74 Wintoribury Church Records [Jan.

mother, Sarah Ann Haliburton, his pictures and paintings,
which at his mother's death are to go to his wife, Susan
Hamilton Haliburton. He mentions his daughter Mary, at
that time his only child; and appoints as sole executor his
friend, Ichabod Goodwin, to whom he leaves his gold-headed
cane. The witnesses are James W. Emery, Martha E. Emery,
and Harriet P. Pierrepont.
Children:

] i. MabyP., 6 1>. abt. 1846; d. "at 10 years of age." She is also said to

have died 16 Feb. 1860, aged 13.
ii. Georgina, b. 1 May 1849; d. unm. at Portsmouth, N. H., 11 Oct.
1910. For many years she spent her winters in Boston and her
summers in Portsmouth, and in both cities she was widely known.
The Portsmouth Herald of 11 Oct. 1910 closed an obituary notice
of Georgina Haliburton with these words: "Her death is the
ending of an honorable and distinguished Portsmouth family."

RECORDS OF THE CHURCH IN WINTONBURY PARISH
(NOW BLOOMFIELD), CONN.

FboM A COPT IN THE POSSESSION OP THE CONNECTICUT SoCIETT OP COLONIAL DAMES

Communicated by Miss Mary Kingsbury Talcott of Hartford, Conn.

Wintonbtjkt Parish was originally a part of Old Windsor, Conn.,
and may be considered an offshoot of the First Church there, which
came from Dorchester, Mass., in 1636. By 1734 the inhabitants of
this outlying territory had so increased in numbers that they desired
to have religious meetings in their midst, the meetinghouse in Windsor
being six miles distant. Their petition was considered reasonable by
the Connecticut General Assembly in May 1734, and "winter privi-
leges" were granted to them for two years. Finally, in Oct. 1736,
the parish was set off, bounded on the north by Simsbury and the
Windsor Third (Poquonock) Society, east by the Windsor First
Society, south by Windsor and Hartford, and west by Farmington
and Simsbury. "Of this parish, which was nearly four miles square,
about seven-tenths lay in Windsor, one-tenth in Farmington, and
two-tenths in Simsbury, and it was named in consequence from the
towns of which it was composed — Win-ton-buky." (Stiles's History
of Ancient Windsor, vol. 1, p. 293.)

The Wintonbury Church was organized 14 Feb. 1737/8, and on the
following day Rev. Hezekiah Bissell was ordained as pastor. He
was born at Windsor, on the east side of the Connecticut River,
30 Jan. 1710/11, and was prepared for college by his pastor, Rev.
Timothy Edwards. He was graduated at Yale College in 1733. He
married, 30 Nov. 1740, Mary, daughter of Rev. Ephraim Woodbridge
of Groton, Conn., a graduate of Harvard College in the Class of 1701.
He continued as minister of the parish until failing health in 1779
obliged him to ask for assistance in his pastoral work. He died
28 Jan. 1783, and a large table-monument in the burying ground sets

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forth his virtues. The entries made by Mr. Bissell form by far the
greater part of Book I of the Church Records.

After much controversy Rev. Solomon Walcott, a graduate of
Dartmouth College in the Class of 1776, was installed as pastor at
Wintonbury on 24 May 1786; but, since the dissensions that had
preceded his settlement still continued, he was dismissed in 1790.

The town of Bloomfield, comprising the territory of the parish of
Wintonbury and also a portion of the Poquonock Society of Windsor,
was incorporated in May 1835, the church taking the name of the
new town. In 1840 the territory known as Scotland Parish in Sims-
bury was added to the town of Bloomfield.

Wintonbury was the fifth parish within the limits of the ancient
town of Windsor.*

[Wintonbury Church Records]

Book I

[Members, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1738-1790]

[The first part of this paragraph, containing names of the original members of
the church, is missing.] L* Jn° Hubbard, Wife, John Burr Son' Wife Petor
Mills', Wife, Hez: Parsons's Wife Martha Anthony Hoskins, Wife, Eph m
Brown's Wife Nath el Cooke Wife, Noadiah Burr' Wife John Loomis' Wife,
Dan e i Eglestone' Wife Stephen Goodwins Wife, Abel Gillet's Wife] Enoch
Drake's Wife, Joseph Hoskins Wife

In all 67J

What follows is an Ace* of y 6 N° & Names of those that have been admitted
into y 6 Church in Wintonbury, in full Communion —

Jany 28th 1738/9

Rachel y e wife of Zorobabel Fyler

Feby 25*h 1739

JoelGillet —

June 3 d

Samuel Foot &

David Buttolph's Wife,

July 29th

Mary ye wife of Joel Gillet —

Dec' 2d

Jerusha ye Wife of Dan u Mills

Abigail y^ wife of Tho' Humphery

Oct? 6. 1740.

Silas Fyler

March 1* 1741

Jane Fyler

Aug 61 23 d

David Buttolph

Isaac Barber —

George Sirrigley &

Elizabeth Gillett

Sep 1 6th

Ruth Barnett

Catteran Drake &

Mary Filley

Oct? 25th 1741

Ephraim Brown

& Lydia Drake

19
20

Nov 1 5th

John Barnett &
Tim — Moses; Wife

Jany 3d 1742

Eliakim Loomis Wife

* For a longer account of the Wintonbury Parish and of its ministers see Stiles's
History of Ancient Windsor, vol. 1, pp. 292 et teq.

t In this article words printed in italics, except those enclosed in brackets, are
crossed out in the original records.

X There were 67 members of the church when it was organized. Cf . Stiles's History
of Ancient Windsor, vol. 1, p. 294.

Wintoiibury Church Records

[Jan.

Feby 28

Reuben Case &

Naomi Case —

March 7th

Caleb Case —

May 2d

Zeb Hoskins', Wife

May 2d

Samti Webstor's Wife

& Sibbel Case —

June 27*

Joseph Segar's Wife

Jany 2d 1743

Hezekiah Adams &

Mary Barnett

Feby 27th

Abel Gillett &

Jereh Fyler's Wife

May 5 th

The aged Peter Mills

June 26^

Tho' Phelp's Wife

Dec r 16*

Jenny, M r Manley's Negro woman

March 23d 1746

John Burr Jn r

Apr 19* 1752

Thomas Rowel

March 18th 1753

Deborah Watson

and Olive Butler

Ap 1 5*

Salmon Burr

Apr 29

Elizabeth Cadwell

March 2d 1755

Job Burlison

Apr 6th

Susanna Mills

May 4th

Ebenezer Burr and the wife of Pelatiah Mills Jn r

Dec 1 26* 1757

Elihu Lawrence and

Eunice his wife

Jany 29* 1758

Amos Lawrence

and Sarah his wife

Feb. 26*

Eunice Gillett

Apr 9th

Daniel Foot and

Martha his wife

Eodem Die

Samuel Case Jn r

and Violet his Wife

Apr 23d

Aaron Drake and

Chloe his wife

Eodem Die

Agnes Gillett

June 25*

Abraham Sedgwick

and Thankful his wife

July 6* 176O

Elizabeth Drake

Jany 25* 1761

Hannah y 6 Wife of Jonathan Bidwell

Feb. 15*

Nath" Case

June 7th

Mary Butler

Nov 8* 176I

M r Hez. Goodwin

Feb 14* 1762

M r Aaron Phelps

Aug"* 15* 1762

Mary y e wife of Will™ Tuller of Scotland

Aug** 29th

Ens. Pelatiah Mills

Sep 1 26* 1763

Elisabeth ye wife of Abel Hoskins absent

Dec 1 11th

Sam 11 Burr and

Christian his Wife

Jany 8* 1764

Stephen Burr Jn r

and Sarah his wife absent

April 8*

Amos Burr and

Anne his wife

Mar. 3d 1765

M r Jonathan Palmer absent

Nov 2d 1766

Nathaniel Burr Jn r absent

Nov 1<* 1767

Rachel y 6 wife of Capt Gillett

Deer 6

Hannah Drake

Jany 24-1768

Jerusha Brown

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Winioribury Church Records

80 Jany31

81 Feb. 28-

82 Mar. 19-1769

83 May 20. 1770

84 Augt-11-1771

85 Dec 27.

86 DeC-25 1774
Janv 5* 1775

87 June 4.

88 0(^13

89 August 8. 1779

90 October 1784
91

92 Eodem

93 Eodem

94 Same Day

95 Same Day

96 s[ame] d[ay]

97 Same Day
1

2
3
4

5
6

January y 6 17 th

1787
July 1786

Titus Bun-
Mercy y e Wife of Eben r Manley
Jerusha y 6 wife of Sam 11 Loomis
Enoch Drake, in the Eighty Seventh Year of his

Age.
L* John Hubbard in y 6 Eighty first year of his Age.
Abigail y 6 wife of Timothy Foot
Charles Phelps

Christian y e Wife of Caleb Case
Miss Phelps, Wife of M r Aaron Phelps

Sibbel y 6 Wid w of Enoch Drake Jn r deceased absent
Jamima Barber
Docter Caleb Hitchchock and
Elonar his wife
George Latamar

Darcos y 6 wife of Samuel Egalestone
Submit the wife Asa Hubbard
Mary Bissell Jr
Rachel Bidwell Those seven last were admitted by

the Rev 1 Samuel Stebbins of Simsbury.
The Widow Chapmin was imbraced [?] heare

Reccomended from North Windsor.
Nathaniel Egleston in 86 year of his age

Joseph Filley and

his Wife was taken in full co mmuni on
March y 6 9 th 1787 W d Elizabeth Lattimer was taken

full

corn-

March y 6 30

8 Sept 21* 1788
9

10 Eodem Die
11

12 Eodem Die
Sept 28
December 1788

An Acct of y 6 No
Oct' 22d 1738
Jany 7* 1739.

Jany 14 th
Feby 4*

March 11*

April I s *

munion

Jonathan Allyn and his Wife was taken in full
communion January 1788.

ye Wife of Titus Burr was taken in full Com-
munion.

Oliver Phelps &

his wife Eunise

Hezekiah Latimer &

his wife Rebecka

Dothesius Hubbard and his wife Tamer.

Silvey [?] ye wife of Oliver Hubbard.

Pelitiah Parsons and his wife Roxa.

and names of those that have renew 1 y 6 Cov*.
Ephraim Brown
Stephen Gillet &
Anne his Wife &
Joel Gillets Wife
John Loomis Jn r &
SamB Foot
John Hubbard
Hannah Hubbard
& Abigail Hubbard
Isaac Skinner
Noah Drake
Hannah Skinner
Lucy Skinner &
Hannah Cooke
Jeremiah Fyler &
Jerusha his Wife

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[Jan.

Aug 8 *^

Lydia Cooke

June 15* 1740

Sam" Filley

July 26 1741

David Adams

Aug 84 9 th

Eben T Burr

Sep* 6*

Jonathan Gillet &

Hezekiah Adams

Dec r 17*

Sam 11 Webster &

Elis his Wife

June 1742

Isaac Barber's Wife

Dec' nth 1743

Noadiah Phelps

Oct* 14* 1744

Gideon Burr

Dec 1 16. 1744

Jonathan Brown Jn r

Jany 6. 1745

John Rowel

Jan? 27th: 1745

Benjamin Brown

and Hannah his Wife

Oct 1 3d 1745

Elijah Mills, and

Hannah his Wife

Dec r 29*

Mary j* wife of Dan 11 Eglestone

June 12* 1748

Matthew Cadwell and

Elisabeth his wife

May 22d 1749

Joshua Case Jun r &

Lydia his wife

Dec' 10th 1749

Noah Marshel of y e first Society in Windsor

Eodem Die

Adonijah Burr &

his wife

Oct? 22d 1750

Eliphalet Loomis

and Theodosia his wife

Oct* 28*

Nathaniel Hubbard

Dec' 29*

NatP Hubbard wife

March 31 st 1751

Benja Gillett

and John Clarke

May 12* 1751

Kezia the wife of John Clark

Novem r 15*

Josiah Clarke &

Deliverance his Wife

March 15* 1752

Solomon Clark

and Ann his wife

Aug<* 2d 1752

John Eggleston Jn r

Eodem Die

Stephen Goodwin Jn r and

Abigail his Wife

Oct 1" New Stile

Charles Phelps

and Hannah his wife

Nov* 5*

Ebenezer Cook and

his wife

Dec r 25*

George Manley

and Ruth his. wife

April 8* 1753

Hosea Clark and

Mary his wife

June 24*

Jonah Gillet Jn r

and Sarah his wife

July S<*

Samuel Burr and

Christian his wife

Eodem Die

William Manley Jn T

and Mary his wife

Eodem Die Etiam.

The Wid" Darias Align

Sept r 30* 1753

Hannah the Wife of Job Drake

Oct r 14* 1753

Thomas Beman

and Lydia his Wife

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Nov 13* 1753

Elijah Goodrich

and Margeree his Wife

Nov 3d

Joseph Atwell

Jany 19* 1755

Stephen Goodrich

and Rachel his wife

May 18*

Margeree y 6 wife Dav 1 Filley

June 1 st

Miriam y 6 Wife of Jos. Atwell

July 6*

Josiah Butter and

Margaret his wife.

Nov 23 rd

John Hoskins Jn r , and

Jerusha his wife.

Dec 14*

Henry Moore own d y 8 CoV and was baptiz* —

and his wife renew* y e Cov 1 .

Dec r 28*

William Shepherd and

Hannah his wife

Jany 11* 1756

Joel Cook and

Sarah his wife.

Feb. 15*

Jonathan Filley Jn r and

Sarah his wife.

Oct 1 17*

Hezekiah Richards &

Sarah his wife.

May 15* 1757

Hezekiah Parsons and

Ann his wife

May 29 th

Ann y? wife of Elisha Grayham of west Symsbury

July 31**

Solomon Allin and

Abiah his wife

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Oct? 23d

Mary Evans an adult person agd abo fc 20 years,
own d y 6 CoV & was baptiz d —

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Feby 13* 1758

Ephraim Brown Jun r and

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his wife

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Mar 12*

Ezra Brown and

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Chloe his wife

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July 16*

Robert Barnet Jn r and

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Hannah his wife.

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Oct r 22 d

Joel Griswold

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Nov 1 26*

Noadiah Burr Jn r and

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Abigail his Wife.

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Dec r 31 st

Hezekiah Lattimer &

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Tryphena his Wife.

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Eodem Die

Mary y e wife of Joel Barber.

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Jany 21 s * 1759

Joseph Nash &

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Anne his wife.

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Mar. 18*

Edw* Griswold Jn T of Poguonuck

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and his Wife

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Apr. 8* 1759

The Wid. Mary Hoskins, Cap" Clark's daughter

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June 10 th

Sarah y e Wife of Isaac Grayham of W. Simsbury.

119

Eodem

Zeruiah ye Wife of Dan 11 Grayham of W. Simsbury.

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Aug 6 * 19*

Sarah y* Wife of John Egglestone —

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Benoni Clark &

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Abigail his Wife

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Dec 1 9*

Jeddediah Olcott and

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Sarah his Wife

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Apr 13, 1760

Samuel Loomis and

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Jerusha his Wife.

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Apr 20 i >>

Elisha Moses

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June 8 th

Tho* Addams Jn T

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July 13*

Abel Hoskins and

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Elisabeth his Wife

131

Eodem

Thomas Hoskins and

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Margaret his Wife —

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Eodem etiam

Roger Fyler

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July 27^

Nathaniel Case &

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his Wife

136

Eodem

Mary Eggleston

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Aug* 17* 1760

George Griswold Jn T of Poquonack

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and his Wife

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May 10th 1761

Jane y« Wid w Cook's Molatto Girl, agd 15

years

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June 28th

Samuel Barber

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Aug"* 15th 1762

Simeon GiUet and

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Rebecka his wife

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Aug Bt 22d

David Goff and

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Mary his Wife

145

Sep 1 11th

Jonath n Eggleston and

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Mindwel his Wife

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Dec* 19*

Lockland M'Lean and

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Lucy his wife

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Feb 20th 1763

Asa Matson

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July 31*

The Wid* Mahitabel Cook.

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Aug 8 * 21 st

Joseph Goodwin and

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Rosanna his Wife.

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Sep 1 11th

Lucy Skinner.

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Oct* 2d

Dan' 1 Eggleston Jn T and

155

Sarah his Wife

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Oct* 9* 1763

Abner Cook and

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Anne his Wife.

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OcV 28*

Eben T Manley and

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Marcy his Wife

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Jany 15th 1764

James Webster and

161

Hannah his wife.

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June 10th

Nath d Griswold &

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his Wife of Poquonock.

164

July 1st

Pelatiah Mills Jn r &

165

Lois his Wife

166

July 8th

Thomas Newbury

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and his Wife

168

Aug"* 19th

Sarah Filley Daughter to Sam eI Filley

169

Sep* 16

DociT Caleb Hitchcock

170

Nov* 4

Joab Griswold of Poquonock.

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Dec* 30

Amos Gillett and

172

Susanna his Wife.

173

Janv 28-1765

Elijah Andrus &

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Mary his wife

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June 9th 1765

Micah Segar and

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Mary his Wife.

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Feby 23-1766

Lemuel Roberts Jn r and

178

Ruth his Wife

179

Apr 20

Lydia Moses, Martin Moses's Wid w

180

June 15th

Ebenezer Latimer &

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. Eunice his Wife

182

Eodem

Mary Latimer

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July 13

Stephen Loomis Jn r and

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Mary his Wife

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Sep* 218*

Nath u Roberts and

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Rhoda his wife

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Apr 5. 1767

May 3 d

June H.
Octf 11.

June 5-1768
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Nov r 6.
Nov* 27.

Dec r 4-

Apr. 16. 1769

June 18.

Sep* 24-

NotT 19. 1769-

Apr. 1. 1770

Sep T 28.

Oct? 15.

Dec r 9.

Dec r 16.

Mar. 10. 1771

July2S
Eodem
Aug"* 11.
Sep* 15.

Octf 27-

DeC 8-1771

Jan 25-1772
Eodem Die

Jan«l26-

Sam el Foot Jn r &

Hannah his Wife

Sam d Mills, and

Kezia his wife

the Wife of Nath^ Burr Jn r

John Kelley from Ireland and

Mindwell his Wife

William Webster Jn r and

Ede his Wife

Matt w Cadwell Jn r &

Joanna his Wife.

Elisebeth Latimer

Enoch Drake y e 3 d and

Sibbel his Wife. Absent.

y e Wife of Tho' Addams Jn T

Roger Mills" and

Mary his Wife.

James Cadwell Jn r

Levi Soper and

Hannah his Wife.

Cornelus Phelps Jn r and

Abigail his Wife, of Poquonack.

John Waters &

Phebe his Wife

James Barber and

Hester his Wife

Sam 11 Marshal Jn r and

Sabra his Wife.

Zenas Case and

Mary his Wife.

Ashbel Grant, and

Elisabeth his Wife.

Alexander Marshall and

Lydia his Wife.

Sam 11 Goodwin and

Rebecca his Wife Communion

Daniel Pettebone and

Sarah his Wife

James Parsons and

Hannah his Wife

Jacob Phelps Jn r and

his Wife.

John Matson

Hannah Hoskins

Abigail y 6 Wife of Roger Mills -

Benjamin Brown Jn r and

Abigail his Wife.

Jacob Loomis &

Diadema his Wife.

Jonath n Bidwell Jn r and

Abigail his Wife

Jonathan AUyn and

Eunice his Wife communion

Alpheus Brown, and

Miriam his Wife

Caleb Case & Christian

his wife

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[Jan.

244 EodemDie

Sarah Filley, Daughter to Joseph Filley.

245 May 10

Sanfl Rowel Jn T and

246

Katharine his Wife.

247 Sep* 20-

Timothy Hubbard and

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Sarah his Wife.

249 Oct' 4-

Oliver Woodward and

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Thankful his Wife.

251 Dec r 13-

Eli Hoskins, and

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Martha his Wife.

253 Janv 3-1773

Timothy Foot.

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Nath el Hubbard Jn r and

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Dolle his Wife.

256 Janv 31-

Joseph Drake and

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Lois his Wife.

258 Feb. 15.

David Lane and

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Lucy his Wife.

260 May 2*1773.

Isaac Bartlet &

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Violet his Wife

262 June 13. 1773

Nathaniel Butler and

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Ann his Wife

264 Augatg-

Joseph Filley Jn T and

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Charity his Wife

266 0(5^30

Darius Segar and

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Eunice his Wife

268 Apr 24-1774.

Ashbel Webster and

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his Wife

270 Eodem Die

Samuel Andrus Jn r and

271

Jerusha his Wife

272 June 19.

Miss Abigail Ellsworth Consort of Oliver Ellsworth

Esqr.

273 July 17.

Job Drake Jn T &

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Mahitebal his Wife

275 Aug* 28

Isaiah Burr and

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Eunice his Wife

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Timothy Hoskins and

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Rhoda his Wife

279 Nov 1 27

Timothy Barns, and

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Dorcas his Wife

281 January 29. 1775

Elijah Foot

282 Mar. 12. 1775

Reuben Case Jn r and

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Susanna his Wife

284 Eodem Die

James Barnard and

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Martha his Wife

286 May 14.

Eli Mills and

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Sarah his Wife

288 May 21

Isaac Thrall, and

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Rhoda his Wife

290 Aug* 20-

Ashbel Case and

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his wife. Absent

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Grace The Wife of Joel Wilson. Jn r

293 June 25, 1775

Jemina Barber, Doug* Sam a Barber

294 Seprl7.

Philander Rowel and

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Joanna his Wife

296 Nov 1 19

Susanna y* wife of Martin Humphry of Simsbury

297 Nov 1 26

Olive Attwett aged abo 1 15 years, and

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Anner her sister aged abo 1 13

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John Hubbard &

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Susanna his Wife.

301 June 16

Rachel Loomis y« Daughter of Benj. Case's Wife

302 Ocf27.

George King and,

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Triphena his Wife.

304 Nov 1 17. 1776

Zadock Brown and

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Ann his Wife

306 Nov' 24

Paul Roberts &

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his Wife

308 Jany 5. 1777

Asa Hubbard and

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Submit his Wife

310 Feb. 9

Pelatiah Cadwell and

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Lucy his Wife.

312 Feb. 16

Charles Seward &

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Abigail his Wife.

314 March 30.

Charles Phelps Jun r and

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Ann his Wife.

316 May 4.

Thomas Gittett and

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Hannah his Wife

318 June 29.

Anne the Wife of Cyprian Merrills

319 Augrtl7

Ebe 1- Brown &

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Susanna his Wife

321 Sep* 14.

Increase Hoskins and

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Martha his Wife

323 Dec r 28.

James Whiton and

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his Wife

325 April 12 1778

Asa Gillet and

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Violet his Wife. Absent.

327 May 31

Lucy y 8 Wife of

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John Fitch

329 Feby28

Hezekiah Parsons Jn r and

330

Anne his Wife.

331 April 18 1779

Stephen Giliitt and his

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Wife Ruth.

333 May 2-79

Anne y 6 Wife of Ashbel Case. Absent.

334 May 9

Sol n AUyn Jn r and

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Lucina his Wife.

336 Same Day

Aaron Webster and

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Mary his Wife

338 Septem r 12

Naby Mills

339 Oct* 17

George Clark and

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Charity his Wife

341 May 7 1780

Seth Goodrich and

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Hannah his Wife by Mr Hinsdel, Win d

343 June 25 1780

George Case and

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Margret his Wife

345 Eodem

Elihu Case and

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Freelove his Wife

347 July 23 1780

levi Gillet &

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huldah his Wife.

349 July 23

Isack Burr &

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Lily his Wife

351 August 6

Darius Case &

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Hepsibah his Wife By M T Row 1 Windsor

353 Aug* 18 1782

Abijah Loomis &

354

Elisabeth his Wife taking into Covanant by M r

Rowland

355 Aug 3 1783

Elijah Loomiss and

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[Jan.

Abigail his Wife were taking into Covenent by
Mr Stebins of Simsbury.

An Acct. of Such as have come recommended from Neighbouring Chhs
and have been imbodied with us of this in Wintonbury

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June 1* 1740

3 Aug"* 2d

Ocfr 6th
March 1"* 1741

May 3d

Nov r 1 st

March 7& 1742
Nov' 18* 1744.
March 3d 1744/5

March 3d 1745

Eodem Die.

Feby 2d 1746
Dec r 6 th 1747
May 1st 1748

June 4* 1749
July 2d 1749

Oct r 7* 1750
Feb. 10th 1751

24 Dec r 8* 1751.

25 Aug"* 2d 1752

Feby 18* 1753
Aug** 5* 1753
May 5* 1754

March 2d 1755

31 April 20th

Nov 2d 1760
Eodem Die.

34 Mar. 1"* 1761

35 Eodem Die

36 June 28*

Elisebeth Barnett from y e Chh of X in Ellington
Hephzibah y 8 Wife of Eben r Burr f m y 6 Chh of

X in Poquonuck
Hannah ye Wife of NatP Burr f m y 6 1 st Oh of

X in Windsor.
Benj m Case from y 6 Oh of Christ in Suffield.
My Wife whose name was Mary Woodbridge from

y» first Oh of Christ in Groton.
Richard Cooke from ye first Oh of X in Windsor.
James Cadwell and
his wife fm one of Xt Chhs m Hartfd
Sam 11 Butler's Wife from one of ye Oh* of X in

Hartford.
Stephen Loomis Jn r and
his wife from ye first Oh of Christ in Windsor
William Manley and

his Wife, from ye first Church of Christ in Weathers-
field.
Jacob Goodrich &

his Wife f m ye first Oh of X in Weathersfield.
Hannah ye Wife of John Hubbard Jn r f m one of

ye Oh* of X in Hartford.
Sarah Peese from the Oh of X in Enfield
John Parsons f m ye 2 d Oh of X in Windsor
Tabitha y* Wife of John Burr Jn r from y 6 first Oh

of X in Windsor.
Silvanus Addams from y 6 Oh of X in Bolton
Joanna y 6 Wife of Sam u Marshel Jn r from y 8 first

Ch h f Christ in Windsor.
Reuben Loomis from ye 1 st Ch h in Windsor.
Rebecca y* wife of John Barnett from y 8 Church of

Christ in Poquonuck —
Mary, y 6 wife of Daniel Brown from the West

Church of Christ in Hartford.
M re Sibbell Latimar from y 6 first Chh m Weathers-
field
Daniel Burlison from ye 2 d Ch h in Middletown
Jemima Brawn from y 6 Ch h of Christ in Greenwich
M r Moses Nash and
his wife from West Hartford.
Samuel Pierce from y 6 3 d Ch h in Windsor (i.e.

Poquonock.
Esther the Wife of Jonah Gillett from ye first Chh

in Windsor —
Joseph Fitch from y 6 second Ch h in Windsor —
Prudence y 6 Wife of sd Fitch from y 6 1 st Ch h in

Windsor
Elisabeth y 6 Wife of Lt. Tim Moses, from West

Simsbury
Anne, y* Wife of William Webster, from y 6 1 st Ch h

in Simsbury
Hannah ye Wife of Sam" Barber f m y° 2d Chh,

Suffield.

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40 Jany 1st 1764

41 Eodem Die

42 Sep 1 . 3d

43 Feb, 17. 1765

44 Eodem

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49 Jany2<U774

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51 November 10 1776

52 January 9 1778
August y« 7* 1786

Nov. 1786

Andrew Mumford and

Mary his Wife from y 8 first Ch h in Hartford.

Rebecca y 8 wife of Sam 11 Andross from y° 1 st Chh

of Christ in Weathersfield —
Sam 11 Andross f m y 8 first Ch h of X in Hartford.
Ame y 8 4 th Wife of Lt. Tim° Moses f m y 8 first Chh

of Christ in New Milford
Martha y 8 Wife of Isaac Brown from y 8 l rt Ch h

in Windsor.
Adam Mott from y 8 Ch h of X in Southington.
Ruth y 8 Wife of John Parsons f m y 8 Ch h in Somers
Martha y 8 Wife of Zebulon Hoskins f m y 8 1 st Ch h

in Simsbury
Lt. Eben r Barns &
Hephzibah his Wife from ye Ch h of Christ in New

Cambridge
John Brown f m y 8 Ch h of Christ in Poquonock.
Oliver Ellsworth Esq 7 " from y 8 Chh of Christ in

North Windsor-
Molly Wife of Dea n William Manly fr m ft Ch h in

Chathem
Lidia Wife of David Filley from ye South Church

in Hartford-
M r Robert Sandford

Nathaniel Steal & his Wife from West Hartford
Asa Johnson from Farminton
Elisabeth Barton the Wife of Capt. William Barton

from y 8 Church in Weathersfeild
Elisabeth Gurney — from the Church of Hart-
ford : 1 : Society-
Sarah y e Wife ofJedidiah Mills.

[Baptisms]

An Acct of y 8 N° & Names &c of those that I baptiz d in Wintonbury, which
belong 1 to y 8 place —

Nath", y 8 Child of NatP Case
Joseph, y 8 Child of Joseph Hoskins
Rachel, y 8 Child of David Foot
Abigail, y 8 Child of Tho' Humphrey
Rachel, y 8 Child of Jonah Gillett
Isaac, y 8 Child of Daniel Mills
Jonath n , y 8 Child of John Eglestone
Mary, y 8 Child of Solomon Clark
Elkanah, y 8 Child of Nath" Cook
Isaac, y 8 Child of Isaac Brown
William, y« Child of William Webstor
Joel, the Child of Joel Gillet
Ephraim, y 8 Child of Eph m Brown
Anne, y 8 Child of Isaac Skinnor
David, y 8 Child of John Soper
Stephen, y 8 Child of Stephen Gillet
Nath", y 8 Child of Nath" Eglestone
Noah, y 8 Child of David Brown
Jorusha, y 8 Child of Jeremiah Fyler
Joseph, y 8 Child of Robert Barnett
Hannah, y 8 Child of Hez: Parson's Jn r
David, y 8 Child of Dan" Rowel

May 1788

Feby 18th 1738

Feby 25th

March 12th

March 26th

April 23d

May 21st

May 28th

June 4 th

June 11 th

July 30th

Oct* 3d

Oct r 22d

Nov' 12th 1738.

Dec r 17th

Jany 7th 1739.

Feby 4th

March 18th

April l rt

April 29th

May 27th

July 8th

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Ruth, y* Child of Jonath n Gillet Sen r

Alex r y° Child of Alex r Hoskins

John, y* Child of Jacob Drake Jn r

Agnes, y« Child of Abel Gillett

EUzebeth, ye Child Enoch Drake Jn r

Olive, ye Child of Moses Cadwell

Hezekiah, y 8 Child of Stephen Goodwin

Anne, ye Child of Dan" Mills

Lucy, j* Child of Joel Gillett

Anne, y 6 Child of Robert Barnett

Isaac, y 6 Child of Isaac Brown

Lucina, y e Child of David Buttolph

Benja n , ye Child of Jos: Hos kins

Jorusha, y 6 Child of SamU Filley

Silas, ye Child of NatP Case

Jonah ye Child of Jonath n Filley

Tryphena, y 6 Child of Jonah Gillet

Abijah, y e Child of Tho' Humphrey

Amaziah, ye Child of Isaac Barber

Zeruiah, y e Child of Tim Moses

Zuba, ye Child of Joseph Segar

Asaph, ye Child of Stephen Gillet

Climena y 6 Child of Jeremiah Fyler

Timothy, ye Child of John Eglestone

Abigail, y 6 Child of John Soper

Eben r y 6 Child of Eben r Burr

Jonah, y 6 Child of Jonah Case

Enoch, ye Child of Enoch Drake Jn r

Aaron, ye Child of Jos: Kellogg

Eunice, ye Child of Abel Gillett

Tim ye Child of Moses Cadwell

Hannah, y 6 Child of Jonath n Bidwell.

Rosanna y 9 Child of Jonath n Gillett.

Hannah ye Child of Nath" Burr

Timothy y 6 Child of David Brown

Abner y» Child of Joel Gillet

Ashbel y e Child of Sam 11 Webster in his house.

Mary ye Child of Sam" Butler

Sarah y* Child of Jacob Drake

Susanna ye Child of Daniel Mills

My Child Hezekiah (Bissell)*

Sibbell ye Child of David Griswold

Elijah y« Child of David Buttolph

George ye Child of Eph m Brown

Jos: ye Child of Joseph Porter

Eunice ye Child of Abel Loomis

Martha ye Child of Isaac Brown in his house.

Sarah y 6 Child of Samuel Fylley

Timothy y 6 Child of John Soper

Lemuel y 6 Child of Lemuel Robearts

Eunice ye Child of Darnel Rowell.

Stephen ye Child of Stephen Gillett

Elisabeth ye Child of Daniel Eglestone in his house.

James y 6 Child of James Cadwell

Mindwell ye Child of Alex r Hoskins

Seth y 8 Child of Isaac Barber

* The parentheses with the word which they enclose are in later handwriting.

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Sep 1 2d

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Nov r 4*

Nov* 18*

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Nov 9*

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May 10*

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Nov 8*

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Dec r 17*

Dec r 27*

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Jany 3 d

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July 25*

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May 6th
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May 20th
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Eodem Die
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Eodem Die.
Oct* 14th
Eodem Die 1744
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March 24th
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April 14th
May 12th 1745
June 16th
June 30th
Eodem Die
July 14th
Aug 34 4th
Sep 1 8th
Eodem Die
Sep* 29
Novr 10th
Dec 22d

Elisabeth y 8 Child of Samuel Webster

Mary y 8 Child of Thomas Humphery

Oliver y 8 Child of Eben r Burr

Samuel y 8 Child of Samuel Butler

My 2d Child Hezekiah Bissell

Roger y 8 Child of Jeremiah Fyler

Abigail y 8 Child of Jonath n Bidwell

Noah y 8 Child of Noah Drake in his house

Eunice an abortive Child of Gideon Burr in his

house.
Nathaniel y 8 Child of NatbJi Burr
Susanna y 8 Child of William Webster
Martin y 8 Child of Timothy Moses
Isaac y 8 Child of Isaac Brown in his house
Margeret y 8 Child of Jonanth 11 Filley
Amos y 8 Child of Jonath n Gillett
Simeon ye Child of Jonah Gillett
Moses y 8 Child of Joel Gillett
Shubael y 8 Child of Noadiah Phelps
Anne y 8 Child of Reuben Loomis
Abel y 8 Child of Abel Loomis
Noah y 8 Child of Noah Drake
Ashbel y 8 Child of Samuel Webster
Abel y 8 Child of Abel Gillett
Joseph y 8 Child of Joseph Filley
Hepsibah y 8 Child of Jaccob Drake
Cloe y 8 Child of David Brown
Elijah y 8 Child of Enoch Drake Jn r .
Abigail y 8 Child of Joseph Segar
Margeret y 8 Child of Thomas Phelps.
Elizebeth y 8 Child of John Matson
Mindwell y 8 Child of Isaac Brown
Hannah y 8 Child of SamU Butler
Eunice y 8 Child of Gideon Burr
Sam" ye Child of Samuel Foot
Michael y 8 Child of Ephraim Brown
Timothy y 8 Child of Alex r Hoskins
Jonath n y 8 Child of Jonath n Brown Jn r
Lucy y 8 Child of Isaac Skinner Jn r
John y 8 Child of John Rowel
Hannah y 8 Child of Benjamin Brown
Phinehas y 8 Child of Eliakim Loomis
Nathaniel y 8 Child of Lemuel Robearts
Deborah y* Child of David Griswold
Stephen y 8 Child of Stephen Loomis
Aaron y 8 Child of Samuel Filley
Levi y 8 Child of Lydia Drake
Rachel y 8 Child of Jeremiah Fyler
Lucy y 8 Child of Eben r Burr
Lydia y 8 Child of Matthew Holcomb
Anne y 8 Child of Stephen Gillett
Isaiah y 8 Child of Nath 1 Burr
Noah j- 8 Child of Noah Drake
Elisha y 8 Child of Joseph Porter
Hannah y 8 Child of Elijah Mills
Elisha y 8 Child of Joseph Hoskins

[To be continued]

88 Proceedings of the N. E. Hist. Gen. Society [Jan.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC
GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

By Alfred Johnson, A.M., Litt. D., Recording Secretary-
Boston, Massachusetts, 4 October 1916. A stated meeting of the Society was
held in Wilder Hall, 9 Ashburton Place, at 2.30 P.M., President Baxter presiding.
The minutes of the May meeting were approved, and the reports of the Corre-
sponding Secretary, Librarian, Historian, and Council were accepted, the Council
reporting the names of twenty-five persons who had been elected resident mem-
bers.

The paper of the afternoon, by Albert Bushnell Hart, Ph.D., LL.D., Litt.D.,
Eaton Professor of the Science of Government at Harvard University, was
entitled Colonial Pirates and Privateers, and, with its whimsical touches of his-
toric lore, proved to be a combination of wit and wisdom as unusual as it was
agreeable.

On motion a vote of thanks to the speaker was adopted, and after a few in-
teresting remarks by President Baxter relative to the subject of the paper the
meeting was closed.
The usual reception for members and their friends was then held.

1 November. A stated meeting of the Society was held in Wilder Hall, 9 Ash-
burton Place, at 2.30 P.M., Vice-President Chase presiding.

The minutes of the October meeting were approved, and the reports of the
Corresponding Secretary, Librarian, Historian, and Council were accepted, the
Council reporting the names of eleven persons who had been elected resident
members.

By ballot the following were elected members of the Nominating Committee:
Wm. Sumner Appleton, Charles Eliot Goodspeed, George Ritchie Marvin, Mrs.
Mary Stickney Randall, George Sawin Stewart.

Rev. Samuel Raymond Maxwell, of Brookline, Mass., Minister of the Second
Church in Boston, delivered the address of the afternoon. Under the title,
Keeping New England New, Mr. Maxwell delineated in a vivid and comprehensive
manner the various waves of immigration which have come to our snores from
Europe up to the present time, and indicated most clearly the influence of the
distinguishing characteristics of the several races upon' modern New England.

On motion a vote of thanks was extended to the speaker.

After brief remarks by Mr. James H. Stark, the meeting terminated with the
usual reception and refreshments.

•

6 December. A stated meeting of the Society was held in Wilder Hall, 9 Ash-
burton Place, at 2.30 P.M., President Baxter presiding.

The minutes of the November meeting were approved, and the reports of the
Corresponding Secretary, Librarian, Historian, and Council were accepted, the
Council reporting the names of fourteen persons who had been elected resident
members.

The report of the Nominating Committee was read and accepted.

The Chair appointed Messrs. Charles S. Penhallow and Hosea S. Ballou as
auditors to audit the accounts of the Treasurer for the current year.

Hon. Charles Warren Lippitt, former Governor of Rhode Island, was the
speaker of the afternoon. His address on The Battle of Rhode Island proved to be
an elaborate and assiduous study of that important historical event, hitherto
inadequately treated by historians, and will stand as a real contribution to our
military history.

A vote of thanks to the speaker was moved by Mr. Desmond FitzGerald, who
extended a fitting tribute to Governor Lippitt, with whom he has been on terms
of intimacy since their boyhood.

Attention was called to an exhibit of original documents, bearing the signatures
of soldiers who took part in the battle and loaned by Mr. Walter K. Watkins.
Remarks followed by a member who had in his possession original plans of the
fort, by Mrs. Sara W. Mortimer, a granddaughter of a participant in the battle,
and by President Baxter, who, in closing, called for a rising vote of thanks to the
speaker.

The usual reception with refreshments terminated the meeting.

1917] Notes 89

NOTES

The Naming of Ktitert, Me. — The incorporation and naming of the town
of Kittery, Me., have been a troublesome problem to many. The stock state-
ment, that Kittery was incorporated by the court of elections as the first town in
Maine, 20 Oct. 1647, started with Williamson's History of Maine. The editor
of York Deeds says: "... incorporation under the Gorges charter confirmed by
Massachusetts Nov. 20, 1652," Miss Farnham says: "... in 1646 the name of
Piscataqua plantation had been changed to Kittery." (The Farnham Papers,
vol. 1, p. 265.) William Fogg, father of the late Dr. Fogg, contented himself with
verifying and printing (Register, vol. 7, p. 234) a copy from the record of the
court held 16 Oct. 1649, attested by Joseph Hammond, Register, and recorded
with Kittery records in the year 1711. This court gave the privileges of a town
to "the Inhabitance of Pascataquacke w th in the Jurisdicktion of this p'vince,"
but did not change the name to Kittery. Following these authorities scores of
persons have gone into print.

Rev. Dr. Stackpole (History of Kittery, p. 139) sums up the matter as follows:
"Williamson says that 'at the court of elections, Oct. 20, 1647, the Piscataqua
plantations were formed into a town by the name of Kittery.' I have searched
the court records in vain for confirmation of his statement. It is probable that
the inhabitants of Kittery then began to act as a town. The earliest date on the
town records is of a meeting held 19 March 1648. ... It is certain that Alexander
Shapleigh, who built the first house at Kittery Point about 1635, came from a
place called Kittery Point in Kin gsweare, near Dartmouth, England, and without
doubt he gave the name to the spot where he built. Kittery Point was so called
before the name Kittery was given to the township, in all probability." Dr.
Stackpole does not give his authority for the latter statements. There was at
Kingswear a gentleman's seat or manor house named Kittery House, very likely
at one time owned by the Shapleigh or Treworgy families; but numerous enquiries
have failed to find a "Kittery Point" earlier than our own.

It is beyond doubt that the first organization as a town was voluntary. Town
grants recorded prior to the action of the court authorizing a town openly disclose
as much. The record reads: "Lotes granted unto ye Inhabitants of the River of
Piscatquacke & laid out by ye Genaral Consent of ye Freeholders by Mr. Nicholas
Shapleigh John Heard & Nicholas Frost — the 14th f Feb^y 1648 [1648/9]."
(York Deeds, lib. 1, fo. 5.) But Williamson's date, 20 Oct. 1647, was only an
error of judgment, or of ingenuity. He evidently did not go to the original
records, then hardly accessible, but combined what he found in Sullivan with the
matter in 1 Massachusetts Historical Society Collections, vol. 7, p. 250. Sullivan
said (History of the Province of Maine, pp. 320, 325) : "The name of Kittery had
been given to Piscataqua plantation in 1647;" and again: "The town of Kittery
had been called Piscataqua, until 1647, when the name was altered by Godfrey,
Leader, and their party." The month and day which Williamson inferred from
what is printed in Massachusetts Historical Society Collections were the month and
day of a court order, on the petition of Richard Cutt and Otto Cutting, for the
removal of women and swine from the Isles of Shoals.

It is worth noticing that the voluntary organization of the Piscataqua inhabi-
tants into a town was prior to the voluntary organization of Piscataqua, York,
and Wells into a province. In July 1649 the people between the Province of
Ligonia and the Piscataqua River entered into the following agreement: "For
as much as S* Ferdinando Gorges is dead . . . the letter sent to his heir in June
1647 & 48 . . . noe return is yet to hand . . . the Inhabitants with one free and
unius animus consent doe bynd themselves in a boddy politick ... to make
choyse of such Governer or Governers and majistrates as by most voysses they
shall thincke meet." As illustrating the pervading spirit of democracy, to all
the members of the grand jury in the first court held the title of " Mr." was given,
a distinction which some of them never attained at any other time, either earlier
or later.

At that court, 16 Oct. 1649, Mr. Nicholas Shapleigh and Edward Rushworth
were added to the number of the assistants, Mr. Shapleigh was chosen Province
treasurer, and the order giving town privileges to the inhabitants of Piscataqua
was enacted. It is easy to see that Mr. Shapleigh, still a young man, later major

90 Notes [Jan.

of the Province forces, had much to do with these proceedings. In organizing the
town, prior to reorganizing the Province, he was what we now call first selectman,
and the others were his immediate neighbors, John Heard and Nicholas Frost,
all hying in what is now the upper part of the town of Eliot. We may readily
surmise that on a suggestion by Mr. Shapleigb or out of compliment to him the
name for the proposed town was selected. We shall see how both John Heard
and Nicholas Frost had been induced to settle so far from the coast.

Two of the earliest occurrences of the name "Kittery," if patiently inter-
preted by their surrounding facts, are by themselves sufficient to show what
place was first called by that name. Indeed, once the vision opens, it is sur-
prising that the matter should not have been understood long ago.

"The deposition of Thomas Beard and John Whit sworn the 16th of Octo. 1645.

"This deponent John Whit doeth saye that Mr. John Treworgy did solicit Jo
Heard divers times, for to come live at the marsh, and told him that if hee would
sett down a howse ther hee should have what marsh hee would and convenient
upland to his howse: and upon that Jo n Heard and his wife came up to Kittery,
and she did keepe John Treworgys howse while that her husband did build his
howse at the creek," etc.

It further appears that Mr. Treworgy gave marsh to Nicholas Frost as well
as to John Heard; and by another deposition, that of Phillip Swadden (York
Deeds, lib. 3, fo. 13), it appears that Mr. Thomas Wannerton gave land to Nicho-
las Frost about the year 1635, "to come to bee his neighbor." This land, which
Frost owned until his death, was "a parcell of land up in Piscataqua River now
known by the name of Kittery which parcell of land was bounded . . . joining
to the Fort Poynt . . . the lane w°h joynes to y e land which Major Nich° Shap-
leigh now possesses," etc.

About 1633 Capt. Walter Neale, Governor, conveyed two huge tracts of land
opposite Dover Neck to Capt. Thomas Cammock and Mr. Thomas Wannerton.'
In 1637 Captain Cammock sold the land to Mr. John Treworgy, and this lot,
about 750 acres, became the estate of his uncle, Shapleigh. Mr. Wannerton also
moved away.

At a general court, 27 June 1648, a monopoly of the hotel and barroom privi-
leges "at the mouth of the River of Pascataquack " was given to Mr. William
Hilton, and he was to keep a ferry at fares fixed by the court. "It is ordered
[by] this Court that hee that keeps the ordnary is for to keepe a ferry and to have
to the great Island for one vi d if more iii d apeece, to Strawbury Banck for one
vii d if more iiii d p. man, to Dover or Kittery xviii d for one if more xii d a man."
Mr. Hilton's ordinary was the house built by Mr. Shapleigh at the mouth of
Piscataqua River, on that other large tract bought for him by his grandson and
now called Kittery Point. The ferriage directly across the river to New Castle
was 6d., farther up the river, to Portsmouth, 7d., "to Dover or Kittery" Is.
6d. Obviously, from Kittery Point as we understand it in 1917 to "Kittery"
as understood in 1648 was practically the same distance as to "Dover." "Dover"
and "Kittery" were on either bank of the mouth of the Newichawanock River,
about nine miles from Kittery Point. On the south side was Dover Neck, or
Hilton's Point, where Mr. Edward Hilton is said to have built in 1623 the first
house in this part of New England; on the north side was the Shapleigh-Treworgy
estate. Here, therefore, was "Kittery."

Even after the town of Kittery was named, years elapsed before we first find
the name "Kittery Point." To the earliest inhabitants that name would have
meant Fort Point, opposite Dover. Our Kittery Point, many miles down stream,
was variously called "the Point," "the river's mouth," "the harbor's mouth."
Mr. John Treworgy in 1650 spoke of bis grandfather's house at the mouth of the
river as "at Pascataway." Major Shapleigh called it in 1662 "ye warehouse
point." In the inventory of his estate it was called "the land at the point." As
late as 1661 the court provided for an ordinary and ferry "at the place Poynt w r
sometimes Hugh Gunnison did reside." In 1673 Francis Morgan, surgeon, who
had married Mr. Gunnison's widow, spoke of this house "at the point commonly
called Morgan's Point."

In the interim between the naming of the town and the naming of Kittery
Point it is far from easy to distinguish in many instances between the place
Kittery, opposite Dover Neck, or the township Kittery. Old customs held on.
As late as 1663 this language occurs in the inventory of Nicholas Frost's estate:
"The house and land at Kittery Joyneing to Wilh'am Leighton estimated 30

1917] Notes ■ 91

acres. Pease and oates at Kittery." This was the land given to Frost by Mr.
Wannerton, the same on which he later built a new house which he rented for a
tavern and ferry house for Dover travel. All of his lands were in the township
of Kittery (except a piece of marsh within the bounds of York), but this particular
lot, with the crops grown on it, was "at Kitteryi" the place.

Not improbably we may see in two deeds made in 1669, both running to Henry
Greenland, surgeon, the man who first named "Kittery Point." He was a new-
comer. The first deed contains these words: "in Kiltery aforesaid at or near a
place there called the poynt, or by what other name or names sooner the same is
or hath been called or known." But in the second deed, two months later, the
knot has been cut, and mention is made of "a dwelling house and land standing
upon Kittery Point." It was several decades, however, before this name for the
Point became generally accepted.

The summary, then, is this: The tract of land opposite Dover Neck, bought
by Mr. John Treworgy for the Shapleighs 20 Jan. 1636/7, was named by them
Kittery, after the English custom; from this tract the name spread first to the
immediate neighborhood, and then was taken up by the inhabitants as the name
of their township; next it was officially confirmed by the commissioners from
Massachusetts; and finally, after some years, it reached Kittery Point. _

The date 20 Oct. 1647 being a myth, there may be a difference of opinion as to
whether the town should bear the date 20 Nov. 1652, under the Massachusetts
authorities, or 16 Oct. 1649, under the voluntary Godfrey regime, or the date of
the voluntary town organization. The name Kittery in records dates only from
20 Nov. 1652, but the act of that date recognized the earlier existence of the town.
Godfrey's government went to pieces, but so also did the Massachusetts govern-
ment of that date; on the other hand the mere voluntary organization of a town
can hardly be recognized. The Godfrey government later on refused a petition
from the people of Wells and Cape Neddick, 30 Dec. 1651, ruling that they should
constitute a "village ... till they grow to bee more capable of a Towne."
Probably 16 Oct. 1649 should be the recognized date. In any case Kittery was
% the first town in Maine, as the city of Gorgeana lapsed, and its successor, the town

of York, was not incorporated by the Massachusetts commissioners until two
days later than Kittery.

Portland, Me. Charles Thornton Ltbbt.

Epps-Linsforb-Yale-Endicott. — The Harleian Society has recently pub-
lished the Registers of St. Olave, Hart Street, London, 1563-1700, a parish church
situated in a part of London in which one might expect to find traces of early
emigrants to America. Hart Street itself is near the Fenchurch Street Station
of the Great Eastern Railway, and is a continuation of Crutched Friars, extending
to Mark Lane; and in this parish is Trinity House, adjoining the Precinct and
Liberty of the Tower. The adjacent parishes are St. Catherine Coleman, St.
Dunstan in the East, St. Botolph (Aldgate), and Allhallows (Barking). In the
Registers of St. Olave, Hart Street, the following entries relating to early New
England families have been found:

1628 Martha daughter of Daniell Eps buried 31 May.

1629 Marie daughter of Daniel Eps and Martha baptized 8 October.

1630 Daniell Eps a housholder buried 26 June.

1630 Thomas son of Francis Eps and Marie baptized 8 September.
1655 John son of Elizabeth Linsford "was borne in New England the last of
March 1651 & baptized October the 1°"

1655 Elizabeth daughter of Dauid and Desula Yale, "fro Tower Libertie," buried

2 October.

1656 "two male childre, twins, of Dauid & Desula Yale, brought fro Tower

Libertie," buried 23 May.
1689 Ann daughter of John and Ann Endicott baptized 13 October.
1693 Robert Edwards son of John and Ann Endicott baptized 11 April.

Of the persons whose names appear in these entries, Daniel Epps, who was
buried 26 June 1630, became a member of the Artillery Company of London in
1619, and was the father of Daniel Epps who emigrated with his mother to New
England in 1637. Thomas Cooke the Elder of Pebmarsb, co. Essex, yeoman, in
his will, dated 30 Aug. 1621 and proved 26 Nov. 1621, mentions "Edmund Reade
my son in law," and "my daughter Elizabeth, now his wife," and gives "to Martha

92 Notes [Jan.

Reade, now wife of Epps of London, my grandchild," £10. (Register,

vol. 47, pp. 128-129.) Edmand Reade of Wickford, co. Essex, in his will dated
20 Nov. 1623, mentions "Daniell Epps & Martha Epps my Daughter" and
"Elizabeth Epps and Daniel Epps theire Children." (Appleton's Ancestry of
Priscilla Baker, p. 123.) In 1677 Daniel Epps, the New England immigrant,
deposed, aged 52. His sister Marie or Mary, baptized 8 Oct. 1629, married Peter
Duncan of Dorchester and Gloucester, Mass.

John Linsford, according to the entry given above, was born in New England
and baptized in Old England. The only known New England records of this
Linsford family are found in Suffolk Court Files, nos. 3542 and 3624. In the
former of these records it is stated that at the Inferior Court of Common Pleas,
holden in Boston, 5 Oct. 1697, Elizabeth Boon of Boston, the daughter and only
surviving child of Thomas Linsford late of Boston, deceased, claimed a dwelling
house and small piece of land over against the house and land of John Green,
bounded southeasterly by the High Street leading to Winnesimmet Ferry, north-
west by Thomas Walker, southwest by Thomas Peck, and northeast by land
formerly James Bennett's, deceased. This property was then or formerly in the
tenure of Deborah Keen. The claimant humbly prayed that her claim might
remain on file. The following deposition, dated 10 Dec. 1697, is found in Suffolk
Court Files, 3624:

"Hannah Coller aged fifty six yeares or thereabouts Testifieth that she doth
well remember and know that the same piece or strip of Land at the Northerly
part of Boston lying between the Land formerly belonging to Mr Samuel Cole on
the South West and the Land of one Goodman Bennett on the Northeast and the
Land of Thomas Walker on the North West and the Highway or broad street
on the Southeast being the Land on which George Nowell did Dwell for several
years together, and is now reputed to be in the Posession of Deborah Keen.
Which piece of Land was formerly reputed to belong unto Thomas Linsford of
Boston and by him possessed as his own and that he built a house thereon some-
time before the month of October in the Year of our Lord 1652. That is to say
47 years agoe, which House I saw the sd Linsford help to build with his own hand
\ and that he Dwelt in sd House some short time and there dyed and left sd house

in possession of Elizabeth his wife after which she Dwelt therein some Years &
then went away for old England and that the sd House then built by sd Linsford
of which he dyed possessed is yet standing together with an additional build-
ing sett upon sd Land by George Nowell. This deponant further saith that she
hath known Elizabeth Boone from a little child to be the Reputed daughter of
the sd Thomas Linsford and the only child of them that she knows to be now
living."

In Boston, 4 Mar. 1697 [1697/8], Hannah Coller swore to this deposition before
Isaac Addington and Jeremiah D umm er, Deborah Keen being present.

This Elizabeth Boone was widow of Nicholas Boone of Boston and mother of
Nicholas Boone, the bookseller, who was born in Boston 10 Aug. 1679.

Deborah Keen or Cane, spinster, was the daughter of Jonathan Cane of Cam-
bridge, Mass., who married 14 May 1674 Deborah Welsh. Jonathan Cane's
parents were Christopher and Margery of Cambridge, and his sister, Ruth Cane,
married Marmaduke Johnson, the first Boston printer.

The first known record of the conve3'ance of this property is dated in 1663, when
Ralph Sammes or Salmon, a tailor of Dorchester, conveyed it to George Nowell.
In 1675 Nowell sold it to Johnson, and in the house built by Linsford the first
printing office in Boston was established. On Johnson's death the house passed
to his wife, who on her death in 1677 left legacies of various sums of money to
her sisters Esther and Deborah and to a brother, Nathaniel. Esther married
Francis Hinds, and, not receiving her legacy of £30, sued her brother, Jonathan
Cane, who seems to have retained the house, which after his death in 1695 was
occupied by his daughter Deborah. This last-mentioned Deborah, who appears
in the records in the Suffolk Court Files already cited, borrowed money of Thomas
Skinner, loaf-bread maker; and Skinner claimed the house and sold it to John
Burge, tailor, of Boston and later of Bristol, R. I. Burge then sold it to Rev.
Benjamin Woodbridge of Boston and later of Portsmouth, N. H.

It was also claimed that the property had been mortgaged to one Trumbull,
and several suits were instituted against Deborah Keen or Cane for the property,
which was a piece of land fronting 20 feet on Fishers Street (now a part of Hanover
Street) and extending 100 feet to Back (now Salem) Street. The Widow Boone's

1917J Notes 93

claim does not seem to have been pressed, but was simply placed on file for what
it was worth.

The Yale entries of 1655 and 1656 show the abode of David Yale after he left
Boston in 1651. He had resided in Boston for some ten years, 1641-1651, and
there, on the north slope of Cotton Hill, his son Elihu, the founder of Yale College,
was born 5 Apr. 1648.

The John Endicott whose children were baptized in the parish of St. Olave,
Hart Street, in 1689 and 1693, was Dr. John Endicott, a grandson of Gov. John
Endicott of the Massachusetts Bay. After Dr. Endicott's death his widow and
these two children came to New England. The daughter, Ann, married in 1711
her cousin, Samuel Endicott; and her brother, Robert Edwards Endicott, married
in 1720 Elizabeth Phillips.

Maiden, Mass. Walter Kendall Watkins.

Historical Intelligence

Heraldry. — The Committee on Heraldry of the New England Historic
Genealogical Society desires to call special attention to the recommendation in its
report of 5 May 1914 (see Register, vol. 69, Supplement, pp. xvi-rriii), "that
every person interested, by reason of descent or otherwise, in making it a matter
of record that any original settler in this country inherited a coat of arms or that
any inhabitant of this country received a grant of arms be invited to offer the
arms for record with this Society," etc.

The Committee believes that the importance of the results possible to be
attained by such registration will be of great interest; and they earnestly request
all members of the Society and all other persons who have coats of arms which
they believe to be eligible to make application for recording them. The cost of
painting the arms and making up the record will have to be defrayed by the ap-
plicants, and the Committee has determined that S3.00 for each coat will barely
suffice.

This amount, by cheque payable to the order of the Society, must be forwarded
with the application. If the application is rejected, the money will be returned
unless the applicant wishes to have the arms recorded with those respited for proof.
The Committee, however, reserves the right to reject any application altogether,
and if this right is exercised, the money will, of course, be returned.

It seems evident that, besides the growth in value of the collection as it increases
in size, there will be many other things of extreme interest contributed with the
arms and directly related thereto, such as photographs of castles, armor, seals,
manor houses, etc., and provision is contemplated for filing such contributions in
supplementary volumes in connection with the registers of the arms. Applica-
tions in which the proofs do not sufficiently conform to the requirements indicated
in the report of the Committee will be placed in a separate volume to await further
proof.

Printed directions for the making of applications may be obtained from the
Committee; and all communications on this subject should be addressed to the
Committee on Heraldry, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 9 Ash-
burton Place, Boston.

Genealogies in Preparation. — Persons of the several names are advised to
furnish the compilers of these genealogies with records of their own families
and other information which they think may be useful. We would suggest that
all facts of interest illustrating family history or character be communicated,
especially service under the U. S. Government, the holding of other offices, grad-
uation from college or professional schools, occupation, with places and dates
of birth, marriage, residence, and death. All names should be given in full if
possible. No initials should be used when the full name is known.

Boyd. — James, born at Kilmarnock, Scot., probably about 1680, died probably
in Ireland, by Arthur Sumner Boyd, Jr., 531 North Cherry Street, Florence, Ala.

Homer. — John, born in England about 1647, died in Boston, Mass., 1 Nov.
1717, by Morgan H. Stafford, 53 State Street, Boston, Mass. (Revised notice.)

Kidder. — James, born at East Grinstead, Eng., about 1626, died at Billerica,
Mass., 16 Apr. 1676, by Morgan H. Stafford, 53 State Street, Boston, Mass.

94 Recent Books [Jan.

Sprague. — Ralph, bom at TJpwey, Dorsetshire, Eng., about 1603, died at
Maiden, Mass., in Nov. 1650, by Sylvester Baxter, Ledgwood Terrace, Murray Hill
Road, Maiden, Mass.

Stallings. — Abram, born probably in North Carolina or Virginia about 1750,
died in St. Clair Co., 111., by Leland Stanford Stallings, Breckenridge, Minn.

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Brown genealogy. Early years on the Western Reserve, with extracts from
letters of Ephraim Brown and family, 1805-1845. Prepared and edited by
George Clary Wing. Cleveland, Ohio [Arthur H. Clark Co.], 1916. 142 p.
geneal. tab. 8°

This book contains a genealogical chart of the Ephraim Brown family, 1637-1916.

Caxy genealogy. The John Cary Descendants. Bulletin no. 19, new series.
Rev. Seth C[ooley] Cary, president. Boston, Mass., 1916. [4] p. il. pi. 8°

Chase genealogy. The Chase Chronicle. Vol. 7, no. 4. October, 1916. The
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St., Boston, p. 37-50, il. 8° Price $1.00 per year.

Cohan genealogy. Cohan genealogy. [By William Herbert Lee McCourtie.]
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Cook genealogy. The will of Ellis Cook of Southampton, Long Island (died
1679). Edited by Albert Stanburrough Cook. Privately printed. New Haven,
1916. 24 p. fcsm. 8°

Emerson genealogy. The Haverhill Emersons. Part second. By Charles
Henry Pope. Cambridge, Mass., Murray & Emery Co., 1916. 248 p. pi. por. 8°

Fenwick genealogy. Fenwick allied ancestry. Ancestry of Thomas Fenwick
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Philadelphia [Press of Allen, Lane & Scott], 1916. 191 p. il. 8° Edition limited
to 100 copies. Address Edwin J. Sellers, 800 Lincoln Building, Philadelphia, Pa.

Hamilton genealogy. The Hamiltons of Burnside, N. C, and their ancestors
and descendants. By Patrick Hamilton Baskervill, A.M. Richmond, Va.,
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por. 8°

Huckins genealogy. Huckins family. Robert Huckins of the Dover Com-
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article bearing this sub-title published in The New England Historical and
Genealogical Register, 1913-1915. By Henry Winthrop Hardon, A.M.,
LL.B. Privately printed. [Boston, Mass., Press of David Clapp & Son.] 1916.

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11 + 195 p. map 8° Price $6.50. Address Henry W. Hardon, 60 Wall St., New
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Kinnear genealogy. The Kinnears and their kin. A memorial volume of
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White, assisted by Martha Humphreys Maltby. Kansas City, Mo., Tiernan-
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Wright, 1916. 134 p. fcsm. pi. por. 8°

Lampton genealogy. Sketch of the Lampton family in America, 1740-1914.
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Locke genealogy. A history and genealogy of Capt. John Locke [1627-1696] of
Portsmouth and Rye, N. H., and his descendants, also of Nathaniel Locke of
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Arthur H[orton] Locke, A.M. [Concord, N. H., The Rumford Press, 1916.]
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1916. 10 p. 8°

Manton genealogy. Records of the Manton family, 1750-1914. By Edward
Manton. Chicago, 111., W. S. Parker, printer, 1914. [2] + 46 p. fcsm. pi. por. 4°

Robeson genealogy. An historical and genealogical account of Andrew Robe-
son of Scotland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, and of his descendants, from 1653
to 1916. Begun by Susan Stroud Robeson, assisted by Caroline Franciscus
Stroud, compiled, edited, and published by Kate Hamilton Osborne. Philadel-
phia, J. B. Lippincott Co., 1916. 16 + 760 p. fcsm. pi. por. 8°

Robinson genealogy. Items of ancestry, by a descendant. By I[da] M[ay]
R[obinson]. Newport, R. I., The Mercury Publishing Co., 1916. 39 p. 8°

Ryerson genealogy. The Ryerson genealogy. Genealogy and history of the
Knickerbocker families of Ryerson, Ryerse, Ryerss; also Adriance and Martense
families; all descendants of Martin and Adriaen Reyersz (Reyerszen), of Amster-
dam, Holland. By Albert Winslow Ryerson. Edited by Alfred L. Holman.
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pi. 4°
•

Sanborn genealogy. The English ancestry of the American Sanborns. A sup-
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Kenilworth, HI., privately printed for the author, 1916. 24 p. pi. 4°

Sherman genealogy. Genealogy of the Sherman family [descendants of Wil-
liam of Plymouth, Mass.]. By Bradford Sherman. Chicago, Hi., 1916. [6]
p. 8°

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Margaret Thomson, first settled in that part of Windsor, Conn., now East Windsor
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Alexander, John W., memoir. Address of Mr. John G. Agar, President
National Arts Club, and resolutions adopted at the testimonial to John W. Alex-
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of New York, May 28, 1916. n. p. 1916. 16 p. por. pi. 8"

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[Waltham, Mass., Waltham Publishing Co., 1916.] 31 p. fcem. por. 8°

Barton, Benjamin Smith, memoir. Benjamin Smith Barton, an American
naturalist. By Edgar Fahs Smith, Provost, University of Pennsylvania. Ad-
dress delivered before the alumni of the Graduate School, February 10, 1916.
n. p. 1916. 27 p. 12°

Cheever, Dr. David Williams, memoir. Memorial address: David Williams
Cheever, A.M., M.D., LL.D. By George W. Gay, M.D. Reprinted from the
Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, July 20, 1916. [Boston, Mass., Jamaica
Printing Co.] 1916. 21 p. 8°

Gill, Theodore Nicholas, memoir. National Academy of Sciences of the
United States of America. Biographical memoir's, part of vol. 8. Biographical
memoir of Theodore Nicholas Gill, 1837-1914. By William Healey Dall. Pre-
sented to the Academy at the annual meeting, 1916. City of Washington,
published by the National Academy of Sciences, July, 1916. p. 313-343, fcsm.
por. 8°

Hill, George William, memoir. National Academy of Sciences of the United
States of America. Biographical memoirs, part of vol. 8. Biographical memoir
of George William Hill, 1838-1914. By Ernest W. Brown. Presented to the
Academy at the annual meeting, 1915. City of Washington, published by the
National Academy of Sciences, June, 1916. p. 275-309, fcsm. por. 8°

Putnam, Frederick Ward, memoir. Frederick Ward Putnam, 1839-1915. An
appreciation, by Edward S. Morse. Read at the annual meeting of the trustees
of the Peabody Museum of Salem and reprinted from the Historical Collections
of the Essex Institute, vol. 52. Salem, Mass., Essex Institute, 1915. 8 p. por. 8°

Stebbins, Col. Joseph, memoir. Joseph Stebbins, a pioneer at the outbreak of
the Revolution. By George Sheldon. Salem, Mass., The Salem Press Co., 1916.
15 p. fcsm. pi. 8°

Bowdoin College, general catalogue. General catalogue of Bowdoin College
and the Medical School of Maine, 1794-1912. Brunswick, Me., published by the
College, 1912. 4 + [1] + 682 p. 8°

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Massachusetts, biography. Encyclopedia of Massachusetts, biographical-
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John H. Lockwood, A.M., Hon. Ellery Bicknell Crane, Charles French Read,
Robert Samuel Rantoul, E. Alden Dyer, M.D. New York, Boston, Chicago,
The American Historical Society (Inc.), 1916. 4 vols., fcsm. pi. por. 4°

New Hampshire, seal and flag. History of the seal and flag of the State of
New Hampshire. By Otis Grant Hammond, A.M. Published by order of the
Governor and Council of the State of New Hampshire. [Concord, N. H., The
Rumford Press.] 1916. 42 p. pi. 8°

Pennsylvania archives. Pennsylvania Archives, seventh series, index to sixth
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baugh, printer to the State of Pennsylvania, 1914. Vols. 1-5. 4 + 732; 733 —
1468; 1469 - 2204; 2205 - 2940; 2941 - 3679 p. 8°

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Albany, N. Y., deeds, 1678-1704. The University of the State of New York.
New York State Library History bulletin 9. Early records of the city and county
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Translated from the original Dutch by Jonathan Pearson, revised and edited by

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A. J. F. Van Laer. Albany, The University of the State of New York, 1916.
438 p. fcsm. 4°

Boston, Mass., St Paul's Cathedral, site of. The site of Saint Paul's Cathe-
dral, Boston, and its neighborhood. By Robert Means Lawrence, M.D. Boston,
Richard G. Badger, publisher, The Gorham Press, 1916. 299 p. pi. 8°

Bridgewater, Mass., vital records. Vital records of Bridgewater, Mass., to the
year 1850. Vol. 1, births. Published by the New England Historic Genealogical
Society at the Robert Henry Eddy Memorial Rooms at the charge of the Eddy
Town-Record Fund. Boston, Mass., 1916. 360 p. 8°

Bridgewater, Mass., vital records. Vital records of Bridgewater, Mass., to the
year 1850. Vol. 2, marriages and deaths. Published by the New England
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charge of the Eddy Town-R'ecord Fund. Boston, Mass., 1916. 588 p. 8°

Cambridge, Mass., Harvard College, Commencement Days. Harvard com-
mencement days, 1642-1916. By Albert Matthews. Reprinted from the Publi-
cations of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, vol. 18. Cambridge, John
Wilson & Son, 1916. p. 309-384, 8°

Lancaster, Mass., First Church. Historical sketch of the First Church of
Lancaster. By Marion Fuller Safford. Lancaster, published by the church,
1916. 16 p. 12°

Mount Vernon, Va. Mount Vernon, Washington's home and the Nation's"
shrine. By Paul Wilstach. Garden City, N. Y., Doubleday, Page & Co., 1916.
16 + [2] + 301 p. fcsm. il. map pi. por. 8°

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York, The Evening Post Job Printing Office, 1916.] 90 p. fcsm. 8°

New Ashford, Mass., vital records. Vital records of New Ashford, Mass., to
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New York, N. Y., Dyckman House. The Dyckman House, built about 1783,
restored and presented to the City of New York in 1916. [The Gilliss Press,
1916.] 47 p. il. pi. 8°

Historical account of house, park, and museum.

Rochester, N. Y., reminiscences of. Reminiscences of early Rochester. A
paper read before the Rochester Historical Society, December 27, 1915. By
Augustus Hopkins Strong, D.D. The Rochester Historical Society, 1916.
18 p. 8-

Salisbury, Conn., vital records. Historical collections relating to the town of
Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn., vol. 2. Arrarjged and published by the Salisbury
Association, Inc. n. p. [The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co.] 1916. 208 p. pi. 8°

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Coyle, M.D., Edward J. McGuire, Thomas Zanslaur Lee, editorial board. Pub-
lication office, 10 Depot St., Concord, N. H. Vol. 1, nos. 1 and 2. 121; 123-277
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Bangor Historical Society. Proceedings of the Bangor Historical Society,
1914-1915. Bangor, Me. [Bangor Co-operative Printing Co.] 1916. 88 p.
pi. 8°

Bunker Hill Monument Association. Proceedings of the Bunker Hill Monu-
ment Association at the annual meeting, June 17, 1916. Boston, published by
the Association, 1916. 67 p. 8°

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Ipswich Historical Society. Publications of the Ipswich Historical Society.
Vol. 21. Augustine Heard and his friends. By Thomas Franklin Waters.
Printed for the Historical Society. [Salem, Mass., Newcomb & Gauss.] 1916.
120 p. pi. por. 8°

Maiden Historical Society. The register of the Maiden Historical Society,
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Lynn, Mass., Frank S. Whitten, printer, 1916. 117 p. fcsm. pi. por. 8°

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New York State Historical Association. Proceedings of the New York State
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Society of Colonial Daughters of the Seventeenth Century. Society of Colonial
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members, 1916-1917. Organized February 15, 1897. [26] p. 12°

Society of Genealogists of London. The Society of Genealogists of London,
incorporated May 8, 1911. Fourth annual report, 1915-1916. Society's rooms,
5 Bloomsbury Square, London, W. C. [London and Reading, Eastern Press,
Limited, 1916.] 19 p. 8°

University of Illinois Studies in the Social Sciences. University of Illinois
Studies in the Social Sciences. Vol. 5, no. 2. June, 1916. The life of Jesse W.
Fell. By Frances Milton I. Morehouse, A.M. Urbana, published by the Uni-
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Vermont Historical Society. Proceedings of the Vermont Historical Society for
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310 p. fcsm. por. 8°

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history, biography, genealogy. July, 1916. Vol. 1, no. 3. Published quarterly
by the Vineland Historical and Antiquarian Society. Vineland, N. J., 1916,
p. 33-48, 4°

Westerly Historical Society. Three papers delivered before the Westerly
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organization, a copy of charter and a list of the members. Westerly, R. I., The
Utter Co., printers, 1915. 32 p. il. 8°

THE
NEW ENGLAND

HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL

APRIL, 1917

FREDERICK LEWIS GAY, A.B.

By John Henbt Edmonds of Boston, Mass.

Fkedekick Lewis Gay, antiquary, a resident member of the New
England Historic Genealogical Society, from 1876 to the end of 1884
and again from 1892 until his death, died at his residence in Brookline,
Mass., 3 March 1916.

He was born in Boston, Mass., 28 October 1856, the eldest son of
Dr. George Henry and Elizabeth Greenough (Lewis) Gay and eighth
in descent from John Gay, who came to New England about 1630
and settled at Watertown, Mass. John Gay was admitted freeman
6 May 1635, and, with others of Watertown, founded Dedham, Mass.,
or, as it was at first called, Contentment, 6 September 1636. Among
the Gay connections may be mentioned Rev. Ebenezer Gay (1696-
1787), pastor of the First Parish at Hingham for sixty-nine years,
• whose sermons are well represented in the library of his brother's
descendant.

John 1 Gay married Joanna, said to have been a Widow Baldwicke,
and had eleven children, including Nathaniel, 2 born 11 January
1642/3, who married Lydia Starr, niece of Eleazar Lusher. They
had Lusher, 3 born 26 September 1685 and causing no end of trouble
to officials and genealogists who persist in writing him Luther.
Lusher married Mary Ellis and lived at the Clapboard Trees in Ded-
ham, where their son Lusher 4 was born 13 December 1716. On
becoming of age, his father gave him, under date of 20 June 1738, a
tract of land in Thompson Parish, Killingly, Conn., with "buildings
and fruit trees thereon." Marrying Mary Colburn of Dedham,
11 April 1739, he removed to Thompson, and there their son Lusher^
was born 21 March 1740/1. He married, 30 April 1761, Judith
Green of Thompson, and they had Willard, 6 born 30 November 1761,
who later removed to Dedham, Mass., and became a prominent
citizen there, being the first president of the Dedham Bank. Willard
married Sarah Colburn of Dedham, daughter of Timothy and Zip-
porah (Ellis) Colburn, and their third son, George, 7 was born at Ded-
ham 1 March 1790. He was graduated at Harvard College in 1810,
studied law, and practised his profession in Boston with David A.
Simmons. He married, 17 September 1818, Nancy, daughter of
Joseph and Ann (Phillips) Lovering, and their third son, George

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100 Frederick Lewis Gay [April

Henry, 8 was born in Boston 23 March 1823. He was graduated at
Harvard College in 1842, and received the degree of Doctor of
Medicine in 1845. He was a surgeon of national repute, being
visiting surgeon of the Massachusetts General Hospital for twenty-
three years. He saw considerable service during the Civil War, and
in October 1862 reported to the surgeon general of Massachusetts
"A few remarks on the primary treatment of wounds received in
battle." He had married, 21 November 1855, Elizabeth Greenough
Lewis, daughter of Dr. Winslow and Emeline (Richards) Lewis, and
their eldest son, Frederick Lewis, 9 the subject of this memoir, was
born in Boston 28 October 1856.

As usual with a family that has remained in New England from its
founding, the connections are far reaching, and it was noticeable that
search, either genealogical or historical, often far afield, would time
and time again lead Mr. Gay to his own. His mother was descended
from George Lewis, who came from East Greenwich, co. Kent,
England, before 1633, and eventually settled at Barnstable in 1640.
She was granddaughter of Thomas Greenough, Jr., who was de-
scended from Capt. William Greenough, who married, 10 October
1660, Ruth Swift of Dorchester, Mass. ; and her father, Dr. Winslow
Lewis, consulting physician at the Massachusetts General Hospital,
the Boston City Hospital, and the Carney Hospital, president of
the Boston Numismatic Society, 1861-1866, president of the New
England Historic Genealogical Society, 1861-1866, grand master
of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, A. F. and A. M., 1855,
1856, 1860, overseer of Harvard College, 1856-1868, was the son
of Capt. Winslow Lewis of Boston, who could claim kinship with
Edward Winslow of Plymouth. Among the other connections are
included Mistress Anne Hutchinson, Sir Richard Saltonstall, Dr. John
Clark, and Sir Charles Hobby. In fact the Clark and the Salton-
stall coats of arms on wooden panels, rescued from the partially
demolished Clark-Frankland House, adorn the dining room of Mr.
Gay's late residence in Brookline, and, if done in America, are cer-
tainly worthy samples of early American art.

Frederick Lewis Gay went, or rather ran, to the Boston Latin
School from his home in Park Square across the Long Path on the
Common. He was graduated with the Class of 1874, and entered
Harvard College with the Class of 1878, but gave up his college course
in order to enter the Harvard Medical School, intending to follow in
his father's and grandfather's footsteps. After spending some time
at the Medical School he left it without obtaining his degree, though
from the time he was a small boy until his death he was known
familiarly by many of his friends as ' ' Doctor." Among his classmates
at Harvard were Emmons Blaine, Howard Mendenhall Buck, M.D.,
Edward Changing, Ph.D., Charles Harrington, M.D., John Homans,
M.D., Harrison Gray Otis, Judge William Sullivan, Benjamin Welles,
and Henry Wheeler. In 1903 he received from Harvard the degree
of Bachelor of Arts out of course.

Accepting a position in the treasurer's office of the Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe Railway, he removed to Chicago, HI., and entered the
employ of this company, where his classmate Emmons Blaine had

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preceded him. On 5 June 1889 he married in Dorchester, Mass.,
Josephine, daughter of Aaron Warner and Josephine (Vila) Spencer,
and shortly afterwards he returned to Boston to live, later moving to
Fisher Hill, Brookline.

While in college he was elected to membership in the New England
Historic Genealogical Society, 6 September. 1876, as of Cambridge,
Mass.; and in the Register of January 1877 he made his entrance
into genealogical circles by noting the omission, from George D.
Phippen's Saltonstall Pedigree, of Martha, the sister of Sir Richard
Saltonstall, who married Dr. John Clark of Newbury, Mass. Part of
bis proof was the above-mentioned Clark and Saltonstall coats of arms.
The correction was duly accepted by Mr. Phippen. In January 1879
he communicated to the Register "William Clark's Genealogical
Statement," dated Boston, October 1731, which was followed by his
"John Gay of Dedham, Massachusetts, and some of his Descendants."
This has since been continued and extended by D. Williams Patterson
and Dr. Warren Fisher Gay, and has grown from a pamphlet of 15
pages to a volume of 402 pages, all carefully and conscientiously done,
with a list of authorities and a good index. In 1884 Mr. Gay left 'the
Society, but entered again in 1892 as of Brookline. He served on
the Council of the Society in 1906 and 1907, and was a member of the
Committee on Finance in 1906 and of the Committee on Papers and
Essays in 1907. In July and October 1907 he co mmuni cated to the
Register, from the original in his possession, the "Marriages solem-
nized by the Rev. Jeremiah Barnard, Amherst, N. H., 1780-1829."
His last contribution to the Register was in April 1915, when the
Maverick transcripts furnished by him were of material assistance
in preparing the article on the Maverick family communicated by
the Committee on English Research.

Among the families in whose history Mr. Gay made exhaustive
searches are those of Allin of Dedham, Bellingham, Byles, Carver,
Child, Coit, Cookson, Crowne, Dabney, Ellis of Dedham, Fisher,
Gardner of Brookline, Gay, Gold, Gooch, Green of Boston, Greenough,
Head, Higginson, Hobby, Hubbart of Boston, Johnston, Kilcup,
Lake, Lewis, Lewis of Dedham, Lidgett, Lovering, Mackworth,
Malcolm, Mascarene, Marston, Mather, Maverick, Pelham, Phillips
of Saco, Phips, Proctor, Sears, Smith, Southack, Spencer, Staniford,
Thacher, Tilton, and Valentine.

While his study and research were at first genealogical, they gradu-
ally became historical as well, embracing the local history of Dedham,
Brookline, Boston, Harvard College, Marblehead, etc., and finally
including the history of New England from its founding to the Revo-
lution, as well as the history of its neighbors, Acadia, Nova Scotia,
and Canada. As a natural consequence of such a study he was
familiar with the " Calendar of State Papers, Colonial Series, America
and West Indies," and the various other calendars of papers in the
British Museum and elsewhere, but in a way not usually followed.
Instead of using the printed indexes, he would read carefully through
each volume as it came out, noting that which interested him. Not
being satisfied with the brief calendar which was made from an Eng-
lish, not from an American, point of view, he early began to have

102 Frederick Lewis Gay [April

transcripts made from the originals, a practice later followed by the
Library of Congress. His collection, which is briefly described in
"A Rough List of a Collection of Transcripts relating to the History
of New England, 1630-1776," Brookline, 1913, amounted in all to
10,000 folio pages, bound in 59 volumes. Since his death and that
of his brother, Dr. Warren Fisher Gay, these transcripts have been
presented to the Massachusetts Historical Society, conditional on
their freest possible use by historical students of serious interest.
Some idea of the broadness of this collection may be gathered from
the following groups: State Papers, Plymouth Papers, Temple
Papers, Sedgwick Papers, Peter Papers, Baxter Papers, Phips Papers,
Knepp Journal, Kidd Papers, Cotton Mather's Letters to the Royal
Society, Miscellaneous Papers, Acadia Papers, Nova Scotia Papers,
Mascarene Papers, Andrew Oliver's Letter Book, Peter Oliver's Origin
and Progress of the American Revolution, Elisha Hutchinson's Letter
Book, Gov. Thomas Hutchinson's Letters to Lord Hardwick, Calen-
dar of Hutchinson Papers, Admiral Graves Papers.

The grandson of Dr. Winslow Lewis, who on his death in 1875 was
possessed of a library of 10,000 volumes, Mr. Gay naturally inherited
a taste for books. Starting with about 3000 of his grandfather's, he
gradually built up a library equal to it in number, pertaining to the
history of New England and its neighbors, which had no equal as a

; working library in this country. His purchases were made carefully

along certain well-defined lines, and principally as the result of his
own study, though in the earlier days he was materially aided by the

; suggestions of his good friend, the late George Emery Littlefield.

He had a personal knowledge of the contents of each book and its
location in his library, and had catalogued only those printed before
1800. The library consisted of genealogies, town histories, proceed-
ings and collections of historical and genealogical societies, vital
records, Americana (including many "not in Evans"), books on early
New England theology (all of which he had read), pilots, maps and
charts, and some manuscripts, though he usually left the collecting
of manuscripts to others. In addition, in the last few years he had
acquired a collection of English Civil War tracts, 1640-1661, which
had no equal in private hands. Amounting to some 4000 tracts and
1200 newspapers, it owed its origin to his interest in Rev. Hugh Peter,
sometime of Marblehead, saint or sinner, fourth pastor of the Church
in Salem, a member of the first Board of Overseers of Harvard College,
who planned to establish the College either in Salem or Marblehead,
agent to England for the Colony, colonel in Cromwell's army, chap-
lain in chief to the Protector, Regicide and possibly masked execu-
tioner of Charles L, who was himself duly hung, drawn, and quartered
in London, 17 October 1660. J. B. Williams, Esq., had made a
violent attack on the reverend gentleman in the London Notes and
Queries. In an endeavor to see whether he had quoted his authorities
in their entirety Mr. Gay started collecting the tracts referred to, and
before he realized it he had become a recognized collector of Civil
War tracts. In the meantime the Harvard College Library had
started along similar fines, in order to supplement its collection of
English Literature made under the direction of Mr. Edgar Huide-

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koper Wells, a classmate of Mr. Gay's brother, Ernest Lewis Gay.
Soon the competitors joined forces, and Mr. Gay was appointed
curator of British and American Historical Tracts, for the purpose
of developing the two collections so that they might supplement each
other and of bringing them together eventually in his room in the
Harvard College Library. Mr. Gay's collection of Civil War tracts
and newspapers in its entirety has been given to the Harvard College
Library by Mrs. Gay and his two brothers, Dr. Warren Fisher Gay
and Ernest Lewis Gay, both since deceased. The Gay and Harvard
collections of tracts, each amounting to about 4000, with others
already in the stacks, augmented by two large purchases of tracts
and broadsides, are now being blended into one collection which will
be known as the Gay Collection, and when completed it will have no
equal outside of the Thomason Collection in the British Museum,
which numbers 14,942 tracts and broadsides.

On 15 March 1893 Mr. Gay was elected to membership in The
Colonial Society of Massachusetts, and was thenceforth an active
member of this organization. He presented to the Society Louis
XIII's commission to Charles de la Tour as lieutenant-general of
Acadia, in 1631. In April 1895 he first definitely located Gov. John
Winthrop's mansion house, at what is now 53 State Street. He was
elected registrar of the Society in 1899, and held that office until
his death. The condition of the Harvard College records being
brought to his attention in 1902, he paid for the copying and printing
of volumes 1, 3, 4, and 5, which will soon appear as volumes 15 and
16 of the Society's Publications.

On 25 April 1906 Mr. Gay was elected to membership in the
American Antiquarian Society; and at the centenary celebration,
16 October 1912, he presented the Society with the original manu-
script "Records of the Council for New England, 1622-1623,"
which closely follows the Bradford Manuscript in its historical
importance.

On 8 January 1914 he was duly elected to membership in the
Massachusetts Historical Society. Later he communicated to the
Society some notes on Gawen Brown and his son, Mather Brown the
artist, accompanied by a reproduction from his original of the portrait
of the latter, painted by himself, in which the artist, evidently in order
to please his aunts, the Misses Byles of Nassau Green, represented
himself as much younger than he was. Mather Brown, or, as he was
first called, Mather Byles Brown, grandson of Rev. Mather Byles,
was instructed first in drawing by his aunt and then in painting by
Gilbert Stuart, and completed his training under Benjamin West.
Some of his portraits have decidedly Stuart characteristics, while his
historical paintings show plainly West's influence. His painting
of Louis XVI saying farewell to his family, now in possession of Mrs.
Gay, is a fine example of the latter. Later Mr. Gay contributed a
note on Rev. Francis Marbury, father of Anne Hutchinson, his
ancestress, in which he established the date of her marriage to William
Hutchinson, which, though it had been some time in print, had been
overlooked by genealogists. He also included "The conference
betweene mee [Francis Merburie] and the Bishop of London . . . the

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[April

5. of November . . . 1578," which clearly shows that Mistress Anne
came by her argumentative spirit naturally. This was reprinted from
"A parte of a register," printed about 1593, and the last book that
Mr. Gay received was "The seconde parte," printed in Cambridge,
England, in 1915.

He was a member of the Dedham Historical Society for twenty-six
years, and was much interested in its Register. His collection of
Dedham imprints, amounting to over 200 items, many of them rare,
has been given to the Society. In point of membership he was the
third oldest of the Club of Odd Volumes, having been elected in 1890.
He was also a member of the Essex Book and Print Club, the Marine
Museum, the Champlain Society, the Naval History Society, the
Bostonian Society, the Brookline Historical Society, the Marblehead
Historical Society, an honorary member of the Harvard Memorial
Society, a director of the Bunker Hill Monument Association, and
president of the Prince Society. He belonged also to the Tavern
Club, the Harvard Club, the Somerset Club, the Eastern Yacht Club,
and the Boston Yacht Club.

As "The Pelham Club, Boston," he issued twelve photogravure
reproductions of the mezzotints engraved in America by Peter Pel-
ham, with a portrait of John Adams as well. He reproduced by
photolithography the Seller Map of New England, 1675, and the
Pound Map of New England and Mattathusetts Bay, i.e., Boston
Harbor, 1691, from the originals in the Library of Congress. In
1904 he issued a special edition of one hundred copies of "A De-
scriptive Catalogue of an Exhibition of Early Engraving in America
[at the Museum of Fine Arts], December 12, 1904-February 5, 1905,"
followed in 1907 by "A Descriptive Catalogue of the Massachusetts
Exhibit of Colonial Books at the Jamestown Exhibition," in an
edition of three hundred copies, which in its way is a literary curiosity,
. being a privately printed book bearing the seal of the Commonwealth.
His "Rough List of a Collection of Transcripts" was issued in 1913,
in an edition of seventy-five copies, which was naturally limited, as it
carried with it an invitation to use this collection in the library of the
owner.

In conjunction with Mr. George Francis Dow of the Essex Institute,
Salem, he published in 1914 an edition of two hundred copies of
"Synopsis Medicinae, or A Compendium of Galenical and Chymical
Physick showing the Art of Healing according to the Precepts of
Galen & Paracelsus," from the original manuscript compiled by
Zerobabel Endecott, son of Governor Endecott, in 1677, and in the
possession of Mr. Gay, Mr. Dow contributing an introduction and
annotations.

He was a regular contributor to the genealogical columns of the
Transcript, and his writings occasionally appeared also elsewhere.
In The Nation of 11 February 1909 his article entitled "The First
American Play" places that event as early as 1606. In the Harvard
Alumni Bulletin of 26 May 1915 he pleaded for the proper recognition
in the Quinquennial Catalogue of Mr. Nathaniel Eaton as the first
"Master of Harvard College and President Designate."

Comparatively few of Mr. Gay's own studies, either in genealogy or

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history, have been published over his signature, but he was constantly
aiding and assisting others if once satisfied that they were conscientious
students. With the late George Lamb of Cambridge he was practically
responsible for all of the information from manuscript sources in the
books of the late George Emery Littlefield, and to Mr. Gay personally
is due the credit of proving that the first printing office in English North
America was situated on Holyoke Street rather than on Dunster Street,
Cambridge. It was no uncommon thing for him to receive a request
for information which would mean a month's work before it could be
answered, and in most cases the recipient would think that he was
only biding his time to write. Evidence of his reading and work
can be found in any and all of his books. His knowledge of sources
was remarkable. He was always ready with a kindly word of advice
and with his books, manuscripts, maps, engravings, paintings, and
notes, to assist any student of New England history. His fund of
general knowledge was very large, but he had also specialized in
about twenty subjects, such as Harvard College, Dedham, Brook-
line, Marblehead, the Hollis Street Church, early cartographers,
engravers, painters, and the like, and he was never at a loss for a
reference.

From first to last Mr. Gay's one ambition was to advance the
study of the history of New England from contemporary sources.
Time and time again, with a subject well in hand, he stepped aside
in favor of one who, he thought, was better able to handle the sub-
ject, and turned over to his fellow worker the results of his own
untiring labor. As Mr. Wortbington C. Ford fitly says: "Such
generosity is rare, and in him was natural and attractive, free from
a jealousy of discovery or a craving for sole possession."

THE ENGLISH HOME AND ANCESTRY

OF
RICHARD SEAMER OR SEMER OF HARTFORD, CONN.

Communicated by George D. Seymoitb of New Haven, Conn., from researches
by J. Gabdneb Babtlett of Boston, Mass., and London, Eng.

During the last half century various statements have appeared in
print regarding the English home and ancestry of Richard Seamer
or Semer, one of the early settlers of Hartford, Conn., and the pro-
genitor of the Seymours of Connecticut and New York. Recent
researches in England by Mr. J. Gardner Bartlett of Boston, Mass.,
and of London have definitely settled the question, and Richard
Seamer now takes his place with men of co. Essex who followed
Rev. Thomas Hooker to Hartford. Mr. Bartlett's investigations
present the emigrant first at home at Sawbridge worth, co. Herts, on
the border of co. Essex, with his family and kinsfolk, then in the same
company at Hartford, Conn., and finally at Norwalk, Conn., where
he died and is buried. These researches, as thus far prosecuted, show

106 English Home and Ancestry of Richard Seamer [April

no connection between the family of the emigrant to New England
and the historic English family of Seymour. The writer takes great
pleasure in communicating the results of Mr. Bartlett's work to the
Register, and hopes that at some time in the near future Mr. Bart-
lett may be asked by the American family to continue his investiga-
tions in England, in order to ascertain, if possible, the home of the
emigrant's family before its settlement at Sawbridgeworth. The
writer also hopes, now that the English home and ancestry of Richard
Seamer, the emigrant, have been settled, that members of the family
interested in its history may unite in arranging to have Miss Mary
Kingsbury Talcott of Hartford prepare for the press and print the
family history on which she has been so long at work.

The evidences discovered by Mr. Bartlett in England are as fol-
lows:

The Will* of John Seamer of Southhannyngfeilde, co. Essex [undated].
To Margerie Browne £3 in three months. To Elizabeth Browne 40s. at
marriage or eighteen years. To Jone Hedgman 40s. in one year. To
Rychard Seamer and Thomas Seamer 40s. each in two years. To Rychard
Bell 6s. 8d. at marriage. To Mathew Walker 6s. 8d. in one year. All
residue of goods to wife Elyne for life, with remainder to my son John Seamer,
sole executor. Overseer: my son Wyllm Seamer. Witnesses: Rychard
Marshall, Gilbert Amand. Proved 1550. (Commissary Court of London
for Essex and Herts [Somerset House], 1550, original will.)

The Will of John Semaee of Sabridgeworth, co. Herts, 7 October 1605.
To my son Robert a table. To my daughter Annie my "wafer yernes."t
To my sons John and Peter 6d. each. To my daughters Jane and Dorothy
a bed each. All residue to my wife [unnamed], who is to be executrix, and
my son Robert is to be executor. Witnesses: Thomas Browne, Mathew
Thorowgood. Proved 13 November 1605. (Commissary Court of London
for Essex and Herts [Somerset House], 1605, no. 126, original will.)

The Will of William Waller of Sabridgeworth, co. Herts, 1 April 1603.
To my wife Joan the messuage in Sabridgeworth where I now dwell, until my
son William be of age; if he die before he be of age, remainder to said wife for
life, with reversion at her death to my brother John's son William, who is to
pay £10 to his brothers and sisters, £10 to the children of my sister Joan, £3
to the children of my sister Elizabeth Monk, and 40s. to my sister Bridget.
All residue to my wife Joan, executrix. Overseers: Mr. Thomas Hart of
Sabridgeworth and John Watson of Shering. Witnesses: Robert Snell,
Thorn. Hurst, John Watson. Proved 25 May 1603. (Commissary Court
of London for Essex and Herts [Somerset House], 1603, no. 90, original
will.)

The nuncupative Will of Roger Ruscoe of Sabridgeworth, co. Herts,
laborer, made 16 May 1618, gave all his goods to his wife Sarah. Witnesses:
Tho: Crispe, George Jacob, Rich: Robson, Dorothy Tyler. The next day
(on which he died) he gave said goods, after his wife's death, to his son John,
except 20s. each to his daughters Mercy and Katherine. Witnesses: Avice
Walden, Alice Heath. Administration was granted 26 June 1618 to relict
Sarah. (Commissary Court of London for Essex and Herts [Somerset
House], 1618, original will.)

* Of this and the following wills abstracts only are given,
t Waffle irons.

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-7 ■

From the Parish Registers of Sawbridgeworth, co. Herts*

Baptisms
1562 Annis Seymer daughter of John 6 March [1562/3].
1565 [The baptisms of this year are missing.]
1567 Jone Seymer daughter of John 18 October.
1570 Mary Seymer 28 October.

1573 "Robert Seymer bapt y 6 xxxth day of Nouember 1573."

1574 Jone Waller daughter of John 25 March.f
1576 John Seymer 30 September.

1576 John Waller 9 December.!

1577 Annys Waller daughter of John 17 November.f

1578 "Elizabeth Waller was baptized y jrijth of December."!

1579 Mary Waller daughter of John 24 May.f
1579 Dorotey Seymor 6 September.

1581 Margaret Waller 6 August.!

1582 Peter Seymer 11 February [1582/3].

1583 William Waller 1 September.!

1583 William Seymer 9 February [1583/4].

1604 "Richard Seamer y 6 sonne of Robert Seymer was baptised ye xxvij th

day of January" [1604/5].
1632 "Thomas the sonne of Richard & Mercy Seamer was Bapt. July 15."

1634 "Mary the daughter of Richard Semer was Bapt. January 9" [1634/5].

1635 Edward son of Nathaniel Seamer 16 April.

1636 "Mercy the daughter of Richard Semer was Bapt. July 8."

1637 Roger son of John Ruscoe 16 April.

J Marriages

1560 John Seymer and Jone Androw 11 November.
1562 John Seymer and Dyzory Porter 9 May.
1572 John Waller and Ellyn Boram 7 September.

1575 John Waller and Elizabeth Bayford 11 September.

1583 William Waller and Jone Sheperdman 26 November.

1584 Thomas Waller and Angell Canton 11 November.

1603 " Robert Seymer and Elizabeth Waller wer married y 6 xiv of November."
1631 "Richard Seamer and Mercy Ruscoe ware maried the 18 Aprill."

Burials

1561 "Jone Seymer was buryed y* thirde day of October."
1587 William son of John Seymer 22 August.

1593 John Waller 17 April.

1605 "John Seymer y 6 elder was buryed y 6 xxiij th day of October."

1634 "The widdow Ruscoe being about the age of 80 yeares was Buryed

August 5."

1635 "Mary the daughter of Richard Semer was Buryed Aprill 3."
1635 Edward son of Nathaniell Semer 11 August.

1637 "Robert Semer was Buryed August 23."

* These registers were searched from their beginning in 1560 to 1650. All Seamer
and Ruscoe entries were taken for that period, but no Waller items were taken after
1603.

No Seamer or Ruscoe entries appear in the registers of the eleven following parishes
in the vicinity of Sawbridgeworth during the periods for which they have been severally
examined, viz.: Bishops-Stortford, 1561-1650, Eastwick, 1555-1645, Much Hadham,
1659-1645, Little Hadham, 1559-1645, Hunsdon, 1546-1645, Thorley, 1539-1645, and
Widford, 1562-1645, all in co. Herts; and Farnham, 1558-1645, Great Hallingbury,
1538-1645, Manuden, 1561-1645, and Stansted-Montfichet, 1558-1645, all in co. Essex.
The early registers of Birchanger, Little Hallingbury, Hatfield-Broad-Oak, and Harlow,
all in co. Essex, are lost.

t Other records prove that this infant was a child of John and Ellyn (Boram) Waller.

t Other records prove that this infant was a child of John and Elizabeth (Bayford)
Waller.

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From the Paeish Registers op Ware, co. Herts, 1558-1640

Baptisms
1617 Nathaniel Seamer son of John 19 October.
1639 Edward Seamer son of Zacharias & Phebe 29 October.

Marriages

1616 John Seamer and Frauncis Deardes 5 February [1616/17].
1637 Zacharias Seamer and Febe Bennett 13 November.

Burial

1617 Nathaniell Seamer 6 February [1617/18].

From the Parish Registers of Gilston, co. Herts, 1558-1650

1639 Humfrey Browne and Elizabeth Seamer married by licence 5 September.

From Marriage Licences Granted bt the Bishop of London*

1569 John Semer and Matthea Walker, spinster, of South Hanningfield,
22 August.

1589 William Compton, scrivener, and Ellen Waller, widow, of Sabridgeford,
co. Essex [sic], relict of John Waller, of same, weaver, 26 August.

1604 Richard Seamer, of Ramsden Belhouse, co. Essex, carpenter, and Mar-
garet Lylbourne, of Downham, said county, spinster, daughter of
Henry Lylbourne, of Mourton, said county, husbandman; at Mour-
ton aforesaid, 24 January [1604/5].

From the foregoing evidences, from records in New England, and
from a few other sources which will be noted, the following Seamer
pedigree has been compiled:

1. John Semare, of Sawbridgeworth, co. Herts, England, born prob-
ably about 1535, grandfather of the emigrant Richard Seamer or
Semer, is the earliest member of this line who has been positively
traced. Where he was born is not known, but he evidently lived
continuously" at Sawbridgeworth from the time of his marriage until
his death, his burial taking place on 23 Oct. 1605. He left a will,
dated 7 Oct. 1605 and proved 13 Nov. 1605, an abstract of which has
been given above. Sawbridgeworth is a rural parish in co. Herts,
extending to the eastern boundary line of this county and bordering
on co. Essex. It is about twenty-five miles northeast of London, and
has at present a population of about two thousand. The local pro-
nunciation of the name is "Sapsearth."

He married first, 11 Nov. 1560, Jone Androw, who was buried
3 Oct. 1561, leaving no issue; and secondly, 9 May 1562, Dyzory
Porter, who survived him.

Children by second wife, recorded at Sawbridgeworth :

i. Annis, bapt. 6 Mar. 1562/3; mentioned in her father's will in 1605.

ii. Jone, bapt. 18 Oct. 1567; mentioned in her father's will in 1605.

hi. Mart, bapt. 28 Oct. 1570; not named in her father's will; probably
d. young.
2. iv. Robert, bapt. 30 Nov. 1573; mentioned in his father's will in 1605.

v. John, bapt. 30 Sept. 1576; mentioned in his father's will in 1605;
probably the John who m. at Ware, co. Herts (seven miles west
of Sawbridgeworth), 5 Feb. 1616/17, Frances Deardes. Child:

* These licences have been printed in Publications of the Harleian Society, vol. 25
(Allegations for Marriage Licences issued by the Bishop of London, 1520 to 1610).

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1. Nathanid, bapt. at Ware 19 Oct. 1617; bur. there 6 Feb.

1617/18.
vi. Dorothy, bapt. 6 Sept. 1579; mentioned in her father's will in 1605.
vii. Peter, bapt. 11 Feb. 1582/3; mentioned in his father's will in 1605;

further history untraced.
viii. William, bapt. 9 Feb. 1583/4; bur. 22 Aug. 1587.

2. Robert Seymer (John), of Sawbridgeworth, co. Herts, Eng-
land, baptized there 30 Nov. 1573, was executor of the will
of his father in 1605. His marriage in 1603 and the bap-
tism in 1604/5 of one child, Richard, are recorded in Saw-

. bridgeworth; but it is very probable that he soon afterwards
removed to some neighboring parish, where he lived several
years, while other children were born to him, the records of
whose baptisms have not been found or may now be lost.
He was buried at Sawbridgeworth 23 Aug. 1637. He left no
will, nor can any record of administration on his estate be
found.

He married at Sawbridgeworth, 14 Nov. 1603, Elizabeth
Waller, baptized there 12 Dec. 1578, daughter and second
child of John and Elizabeth (Bayford) Waller and niece of
William Waller, the .testator of 1603, an abstract of whose
will has been given above. . .

Children:

3. i. Richard, the emigrant to New England, bapt. at Sawbridgeworth
27 Jan. 1604/5.

ii. Nathaniel (probably s. of Robert and probably b. abt. 1607). A
Nathaniel Seamer, whose parentage has not been proved, but who
may well have been a son of Robert, had one child, recorded at
Sawbridgeworth: 1. Edward, bapt. 16 Apr. 1635; bur. 11 Aug.
1635.

iii. Zechariah (probably s. of Robert and probably b. abt. 1610). A
Zechariah Seamer, whose parentage has not been established, is
found at Ware, co. Herts, only six miles west of Sawbridgeworth.
He was very likely a son of Robert, as Richard Seamer, the emi-
grant to New England, had a son Zechariah, who probably was
named for this presumed uncle. Zechariah Seamer of Ware m.
there, 13 Nov. 1637, Phebe Bennett. Child: 1. Edward, bapt.
at Ware 29 Oct. 1639.

iv. Elizabeth (possibly dau. of Robert). An Elizabeth Seamer, whose
parentage has not been established, m. at Gilston, co. Herts, the
parish adjoining Sawbridgeworth on the southwest, 5 Sept. 1639,
Humphrey Browne.

v. Mary (possibly dau. of Robert). A Mary Simmor, commonly
supposed to be a sister of the emigrant Richard Seamer,
although no proof of any relationship has been found, m.
(1) at Hartford, Conn., 29 Sept. 1644, Thomas Gridley, who d.
there in 1655; m. (2) Dea. John Langdon of Farmington, Conn.,
who d. in 1689. Children by first husband: 1. Samuel, b.
25 Nov. 1647. 2. Thomas, b. in 1650. Children by second
husband: 3. Samuel. 4. Joseph. 5. Elizabeth.

3. Richard Seamer or Semer (Robert, John), the emigrant to
New England, was baptized at Sawbridgeworth, co. Herts,
England, 27 Jan. 1604/5, the eldest child of Robert and
Elizabeth (Waller) Seymer. Between 1630 and 1637 the
records of his marriage to Mercy Ruscoe, the baptisms of three
of his children, and the burial of one of these children appear
in the parish registers of Sawbridgeworth ; but after 1637 no

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trace of him is to be found there or in any of the neighboring
parishes. His father was buried 23 Aug. 1637; and as the
spring was the usual time for emigration to New England, it
may be concluded that he soon settled the affairs of his
father's estate and in the spring of 1638 left England for New
England, where he appears in 1639 as a proprietor and in-
habitant of Hartford, Conn. The first mention of him at
Hartford is in Feb. 1639/40, when he is found as a grantee
from William Ruscoe, who was evidently a kinsman of
Richard Seamer's wife.*

It seems probable that the emigration of Richard Seamer
to New England was due to the influence of Rev. Thomas
Hooker. This zealous Puritan minister and protochampion
of American democracy was born in Leicestershire, England,
in 1586, received from Emmanuel College, Cambridge, the
degrees of A.B. in 1608 and A.M. in 1611, became a clergy-
man, and after 1620 was settled at Chelmsford, in the centre of
the county of Essex, a region in which he taught and preached
for several years until 1630, when he was silenced for non-
conformity and driven into exile in Holland. During these
years in Essex he secured a following throughout the county,
and his influence also doubtless extended into the neighbor-
ing county of Herts, as Sawbridgeworth, the parish in that
county nearest to Chelmsford, is less than fifteen miles to the
west of the latter town and is directly on the ancient main
highway between the towns of Chelmsford and Hertford.
Hooker and some of his adherents came to New England in
1633, and others soon followed; at first they settled in New-
towne (now Cambridge), Mass., but in 1635 they began to
remove to Connecticut, where they founded the town of
Hartford. Of the one hundred and thirty-six proprietors of
Hartford listed in 1640, at least half were emigrants from the
county of Essex, England; so that when Richard Seamer
arrived in New England about 1638-9 and settled at Hart-
ford, he was in a community where he must have found many
former acquaintances from Old England besides the family of
William Ruscoe, who were his wife's relatives.

In 1651 Richard Seamer and Nathaniel and John Ruscoe
of Hartford (sons of William Ruscoe from Billericay, near
Chelmsford, co. Essex, England) were among the fourteen
original patentees of Norwalk, Conn., at least seven of whom
were of County Essex origin; and Richard Seamer and John
Ruscoe soon removed from Hartford and settled at Norwalk,
their homesteads facing each other on opposite sides of the
same street. In 1655 Richard Seamer was chosen one of
the townsmen (selectmen) of Norwalk, but he died about
September of that year, leaving a will of which his wife's
kinsman, John Ruscoe, was one of the witnesses. The page
on which this will is recorded is now damaged; but what
remains legible is as follows:

• Vide infra, p. 113.

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" [Torn and illegible] Richard Semer [torn] being very week & sike
[torn] god's great mercy in [torn] doe leve this as my [torn] doe first
will and [torn] dust of w h it was [torn] the hands of god that gave
it. [torn] bequeath unto my Loving wife Mercy Seamer my whole
estate: viz: my house & lands Cattle and all my moveables: except
that it is my will that my eldest sonn Thomas should have two
steeres [illegible] yeare old and upward and my best cartt: thease to
receive soon after my deceas: It is alsoe my Will that my other three
sons, John & Zachary and Richard receive out of this totall estate
the sum of forty pounds each of them viz: fourty pounds to John
and fourty pounds to Zachary and forty pounds to Richard: duly
and faythfully to be payd to them severally at the age of twenty-one
years Unles the Executors of this my Will shall see cause to doe it
sooner. It is alsoe my Will that my loving Wife should have the
dispose of my three sons John Zachary & Richard untill such
time as they shall be fit to receive and dispose of ther Estate: It is
alsoe my Will and apoyntment that my loving Wife Mercy: Togather
with my faythfull freind Richard Olmsteed be the sole Executors
and A dminis trators of this my last Will and Testament The afore-
said Legasies and all Lawfull debts and demands duly discharged by
my loving Wife Mercy: It is my Will that shee posses and enjoy all
the rest of my Estate. To this my last will and testament I have
set to my hand this 29th July 1655: The mark of Richard Seamer.
In the presence of us, Thomas Handford, Jno Rescoe." Proved
25 October 1655. The inventory, taken by Mathew Campfeild and
Richard Olmsteed, amounted to £255. 9s. (Fairfield Probate
Records, vol. 1, p. 6.)

Richard Seamer married at Sawbridgeworth, co. Herts,
England, 18 Apr. 1631, Mercy Ruscoe, born probably about
1610, daughter of Roger Ruscoe of Sawbridgeworth, the
testator of 1618, an abstract of whose will has been given
above, by his wife Sarah, and probably granddaughter of the
Widow Hannah Ruscoe who was buried there 5 Aug. 1634,
aged about 80 years. Mercy (Ruscoe) Seamer came with
her husband to New England about 1638-9, survived him,
and married secondly, 25 Nov. 1655, as his second wife, John
Steele of Farmington, Conn., formerly of Hartford, who was
secretary of the Colony of Connecticut 1636-1639, and
deputy many times between 1639 and 1657, and who died in
1665. On 30 Oct. 1668 John Semer, Zackery Semer, and
Richard Semer acknowledged the receipt from Mr. John
Steele, deceased, of six score pounds sterling, or forty pounds
each, in full account of the legacies due them by the last will
of their father Richard Semer, deceased, the witnesses to this
receipt being Samuell Steele and Tho: Semer. (Fairfield
Probate Records, vol. 2, p. 33.)

Children:

i. Thomas, bapt. at Sawbridgeworth, co. Herts, Eng., 15 July 1632;
d. at Norwalk, Conn., abt. Oct. 1712; m. (1) at Norwalk, 5 Jan.
1653/4, Hannah Maevtn, b. in co. Essex, Eng., abt. Oct. 1634,
d. after 1680, dau. of Matthew and Elizabeth; m. (2) Elizabeth

. He was brought to New England by his parents abt.

1638-9, when he was abt. six years old, and lived at Hartford,
Conn., until abt. 1651 ; when he went with his parents to Norwalk.
At his father's death m 1655 he was the only one of the children

112 English Home and Ancestry of Richard Seamer [April

of age; and as his mother soon remarried and removed to Far-
mington, Conn., with her younger children, Thomas succeeded
to his father's lands in Norwalk, where he lived until his
death. His will, dated 22 Sept. 1712, was proved 7 Nov. 1712.
Children by first wife, b. at Norwalk: 1. Hannah, b. 12 Dec. 1654;
m. Francis Bushnell. 2. Abigail, b. in Jan. 1655/6; m. Thomas
Picket. 3. Mary (twin), b. in Sept. 1658; m. Joshua Bushnell.
4. Sarah (twin), b. in Sept. 1658. 5. Thomas, b. in Sept. 1660;
d. young. 6. Elizabeth, b. in Dec. 1663; probably d. young. 7.
Mercy, b. in Nov. 1666. 8. Matthew, b. in May 1669; m. Sarah
Hayes. 9. John, b. in 1671; m. Sarah Gregory. 10. Elizabeth,
b. in Dec. 1673. 11. Rebecca, b. in Jan. 1675/6.

ii. Mary, bapt. at Sawbridgeworth, co. Herts, Eng., 9 Jan. 1634/5;
bur. there 3 Apr. 1635.

iii. Mercy, bapt. at Sawbridgeworth, co. Herts, Eng., 8 July 1636; no
further record of her has been found.

iv. John, b., probably in New England, abt. 1639; d. at Hartford,
Conn., in 1713; m. abt. 1665 Mary Watson, dau. of John and
Margaret of Hartford. After the death of his father in 1655 he
probably lived a few years with his mother in Farmington, Conn.,
and abt. 1663 settled at Hartford, Conn., where he lived until his
death. His will, dated 10 Dec. 1712, was proved 3 Aug. 1713.
Children, b. at Hartford: 1. John, b. 12 June 1666; d. 17 May
1748; m. 19 Dec. 1683 Elizabeth Webster, dau. of Hon. Bobert
and Susanna (Treat); had issue. 2. Thomas, b. 12 Mar. 1668/9;
m. (1) in Feb. 1700 Buth Norton; m. (2) 21 June 1711 Mary
Waters. 3. Mary, b. in Nov. 1670. 4. Zachary, b. 22 Dec.
1672; d. young. 5. Margaret, b. 17 Jan. 1673/4. 6. Richard,
b. 11 Feb. 1675/6. 7. Jonathan, b. 10 Jan. 1677/8; d. young.
8. Nathaniel, b. 6 Nov. 1680; d. young. 9. Zachary, b. 10 Jan.
1683/4.

v. Zechariah, b. at Hartford, Conn., abt. 1642; d. at Wethersfield,
Conn., in Aug. 1702, aged 60 years; m. at Wethersfield, 9 Feb.
1687/8, Mary Gritt. After the death of his father in 1655 he
probably lived for several years with his mother at Farmington,
Conn., and settled later at Wethersfield. His wilL dated 14 Apr.
1702, was proved 11 Nov. 1702. Children, b. at Wethersfield:
1. Mary, b. 26 Jan. 1688/9; m. Henry Grimes. 2. Elizabeth, b.
28 Jan. 1691/2; m. Gideon Belding. 3. Abigail, b. 15 May 1694;
m. James Ensign. 4. Ruth, b. 10 Apr. 1699.

vi. Capt. Bichard, of Farmington, Conn., b. at Hartford, Conn.,

Erobably abt. 1645; d. in 1710; m. abt. 1674 Hannah Woodruff,
. abt. 1648, dau. of Matthew and Hannah of Farmington.
Administration on his estate was granted 4 Dec. 1710 to his widow
Hannah and 6on Samuel. Children, b. at Farmington: 1.
Hannah, b. abt. 1675; m. (1) 29 Nov. 1692 Joseph Pomeroy of
Northampton, Mass.; m. (2) 23 Oct. 1713 Josiah Hale of Suffield,
Mas3. (now Suffield, Conn.). 2. Samuel, b. abt. 1678. 3. Mercy,
bapt. 14 Jan. 1681/2; m. George Hubbard. 4. Ebenezer, bapt.
1 Feb. 1683/4; m. Abigail Hollister. 5. Jonathan, bapt. 17 Apr.
1687; m. Eunice Hollister.

ADDENDA

I. The Ruscoe Family of Sawbridgeworth, co. Herts

1. Roger Ruscoe or Rescoe, of Sawbridgeworth, co. Herts,
England, born probably about 1585, died 17 May 1618, having made
his nuncupative will on the previous day.* He married Sarah

, who survived him. He was probably a son of Widow Hannah

Ruscoe, who was buried at Sawbridgeworth 5 Aug. 1634, aged about 80

• Vide supra, p. 106.

1917] English Home and Ancestry of Richard Seamer 113

years. This family name is extremely rare in England, having been
found in a very few instances and only in the counties of Essex and
Herts.* The earliest mention yet found of the name is in 1545,
when John Rouscoue, alien, was assessed 3s. 4d. for goods at Great
Dunmow, co. Essex, in a subsidy of 37 Henry VIII. (Lay Sub-
sidies, 109/297.) This place is about ten miles east of Sawbridge-
worth and the same distance north of Chelmsford. The name Ruscoe
is probably of Flemish or Dutch origin, and evidently the family came
into England during the sixteenth century, when there was consider-
able Huguenot immigration from across the English Channel, espe-
cially of textile workers, who settled in the cloth-manufacturing
towns in Essex and Suffolk.
Children :

i. Mercy, b. abt. 1610; m. (1) at Sawbridgeworth, 18 Apr. 1631,
Richard Seamer, with whom she emigrated to New England
abt. 1638-9; m. (2) 25 Nov. 1655 John Steele of Farmington,
Conn., formerly of Hartford, Conn. (Vide supra, p. 111.)

ii. John, b. abt. 1613. Child: 1. Roger, bapt. at Sawbridgeworth
16 Apr. 1637.

iii. Katherine, b. abt. 1616.

II. The Ruscoe Family of Billeeicat, co. Essex,
and of New England

1. William Ruscoe or Rescoe, born about 1593, came to New

» England in the spring of 1635 in the ship Increase, the passenger list

stating that W m Rusco, husbandman, aged 41, his wife Rebecca,

aged 40, and his four children, Sara, aged 9, Marie, aged 7, Samvel

I aged 5, and W m , aged 1, embarked at London 13 Apr. 1635, the father

having a certificate from the minister of Billericay, co. Essex, that he
was not a subsidy man. (Drake's "Founders of New England," p.
22.) Evidences in New England show that, in addition to the four
children above-named, William Ruscoe had also two older sons,
named Nathaniel and John, the omission of whose names from the
shipping list seems strange. This William Ruscoe was doubtless a
near relative of Roger Ruscoe of Sawbridgeworth, probably a younger
brother. The name is variously spelled Ruscoe, Rescoe, Reskewe,
Reskoe, Rescue, Rescowe, etc. Tradition in the Ruscoe family of
Norwalk, Conn., has persistently claimed a Huguenot origin for the
family.

William Ruscoe was evidently an adherent of Rev. Thomas
Hooker, as he first settled with the latter at Newtowne (now Cam-
bridge), Mass., and then in 1636 followed him to Hartford, Conn.,
where in Feb. 1639/40 he appears as a grantor to Richard Seemer,
and on 14 Dec. 1650 as a grantee from Richard Semer. (Hartford
Land Records, vol. 1, pp. 167, 77.) In Feb. 1649/50 he was appointed
to keep the prison at Hartford. Before 27 Aug. 1657 he had followed
his son John to Norwalk, Conn., as he appears in a list of inhabitants
there at that date. He continues to appear in Norwalk records until
as late as 15 July 1665, when as "William Rescoe of Norwalk" he

• Roscoe, an old family name found in Lancashire and Cheshire, is of different
origin from the family name under consideration.

114 English Home and Ancestry of Richard Seamer [April

sold his homestead there to Joseph Fenn for £60, his son, "John
Ruskoe," being one of the witnesses to this deed. He then removed
across the Sound to Jamaica, L. L, where he died in 1682.

The Will of William Ruscoe of Jamaica, L. I., 5 August 1680. To sou
John, now living in Norwalk in New England, 5s. To the children of my
daughter Sarah £20 among them, when of age. To Alice, daughter of my
son Samuel, pewter utensils. To son Samuel all lands, houses, etc. Wife
[unnamed] to be executrix. Witnesses: Peter Smyth, William Creed,
Thomas Williams. Proved 13 December 1682. (Abstracts of Wills on File
in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York, vol. 1, p. 121, published in Collec-
tions of the New-York Historical Society.)

He married first, in England, about 1620, Rebecca , born

about 1594, who came with him to New England in the spring of
1635 but died soon thereafter; and secondly, at Cambridge, Mass.,
in Feb. or Mar. 1635/6, Hester Musse, a widow. On 24 Mar.
1635/6 "I William Ruskew now husband of the lat widdow Hester
must haue by her Consent sold vnto John Beniamin one accar of
of grownd," etc. (Proprietors' Records of Cambridge, p. 36.)
Children by first wife, born in England:

i. Nathaniel, b. abt. 1620; d. at Haddam, Conn., while on a visit
there, in July 1673; m. at Hartford, Conn., 11 Nov. 1645, Joanna
Corlet, probably a sister of Elijah Corlet of Cambridge, Mass.,
the famous schoolmaster. He is mentioned as a proprietor of
Hartford, Conn., in 1640, and as one of the original patentees of
Norwalk, Conn., in 1651, but he did not remove from Hartford.
On 1 May 1667 his father, William Ruscoe, conveyed to him all his
lands in Hartford that were then undisposed of. (Hartford Land
Records, vol. 1, p. 469.) His nuncupative will, made 23 July
1673, gave half his estate to his wife and half to his son Nathaniel,
except a heifer to his kinswoman ; Mary Browne, and a horse and
a pig to Benjamin [sic, Benoni] Newton, the latter being his
apprenticed servant. The son Nathaniel and widow Joanna
made an agreement about the estate on 13 Aug. 1673. (Hartford
Probate Records, vol. 3, pp. 109-110.) Child: 1. Nathaniel, of
Hartford, and later of Southampton, L. I., b. abt. 1650.

ii. John, b. abt. 1623; d. intestate at Norwalk, Conn., in 1702; m. at
Hartford, Conn., 2 Jan. 1650/1, Rebecca Beebe. He was of
Hartford until 1651, when he became one of the fourteen original
proprietors of Norwalk, Conn., whither he removed with Richard
Seamer, whose will he witnessed in 1655. The inventory of his
estate was taken 20 Nov. 1702, and the estate was divided by
agreement among his heirs, Thomas Ruscoe, Mary Ruscoe, Re-
becca Browne, Ruth Abbott, Sarah Ruscoe, and son-in-law Wil-
liam Lees. (Fairfield Probate Records, vol. 5, pp. 1-2.) Chil-
dren, b. at Norwalk: 1. Mary, d. unm. 2. John, d. young. 3.
Rebecca, m. James Brown. 4. Thomas, d. in 1739; m. Abigail
; nine children. 5. Sarah, m. in 1703 Thomas Rockwell.

6. Ruth, m. John Abbott. 7. MehUable, m. William Lees.

iii. Sarah, b. abt. 1625; d. at Saybrook, Conn., in Jan. 1687/8; m. (1)
at Hartford, Conn., 10 Dec. 1646, Henry Cole, with whom she
resided at Middletown and later at Wallingford, Conn., where he
d. in 1676; m. (2) in 1679 Robert Bull. Children by first
husband: 1. Henry, b. 20 Sept. 1647. 2. James, b. 8 Feb.
1649/50. 3. John, b. 14 Feb. 1651/2. 4. William, b. 25 Apr.
1653. 5. Sarah, b. 22 Oct. 1654. 6. Samuel, b. 10 Sept. 1656.

7. Mary, b. 11 June 1658. 8. Joanna, b. 1 Aug. 1661. 9.
Abigail, b. 28 Oct. 1664. 10. Rebecca, b. 8 Apr. 1667.

iv. Mart, b. abt. 1627; m. at Hartford, Conn., 19 Aug. 1647, Hugh
Welles of Wethersfield, Conn., who d. at Wethersfield 22 Dec.

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Record of Deaths at Middlebury, Vt.

115

1678. Children: 1. John, b. 24 May 1648. 2. Mary, b. 15 Aug.

1649; d. young. 3. Mary, b. 15 Oct. 1650. 4. Rebecca, b.

10 Jan. 1651/2. 5. Sarah.
v. Samuel, b. abt. 1629; d. young,
vi. William, b. abt. 1633; d. unm. before 1680.

Child by second wife:

vii. Samuel, b. at Hartford ? Conn., 12 Mar. 1647/8; m. Meect .

He removed with his father to Norwalk, Conn., and later to
Jamaica { L. I., where he succeeded to his father's homestead.
He had issue.

RECORD OF DEATHS KEPT BY MRS. SALLY DEWEY

OF MIDDLEBURY, VT.

Copied and communicated by Willis Alonzo Dewey, M.D., of Ann Arbor, Mich.

[Concluded from page 57]

Mar. 9, 1857 Mr. Reuben L. Fuller died aged 43 years, 3 mos. 21 days.
Mar. 30, 1857 Mr. Theodore Halladay died, aged 75. [Son of Azariah

f Halladay.]

Apr. 2, 1857 Mr. Boardman died. [Timothy Boardman, aged 71.]
Apr. 11, 1857 Deacon Cyrus Porter died aged 62.
May 18, 1857 Mr. Nathaniel Spencer's wife died.
Sept. 1, 1857 Mrs. Abba Seeley died. [Abby F. (Goodrich), wife of Smith

K. Seeley, aged 28.]
Sept. 4, 1857 Old Mr. Timothy Mathews died aged 93. [A Revolutionary

soldier, born at Stoneham, Mass., 17 Nov. 1764.]
Sept. 26, 1857 Mr. Charles Sullinge died, aged 83.
Oct. 27, 1857 Mrs. Eleanor Selleck died aged 97.
Nov. 11, 1857 Mr. Calvin Nichols died aged 64 years.
Nov. 21, 1857 Mr. Horatio Seymour died aged 80 years. [Son of Maj.

Moses and Mary (Marsh) Seymour.]
Dec. 3, 1857 Mr. Julius A. Beckwith died aged 37. [Son of Zachariah

and Julia (Smith) Beckwith.]
Dec. 4, 1857 Mr. Samuel B. Bent died.
Dec. 25, 1857 Sarah, daughter of Earl Cushman, died aged 20.
Jan. 25, 1858 Miss Lucy Wadsworth died aged 81.
Feb. 24, 1858 Mrs. Spencer died.
Mar. 2, 1858 Mr. Amos Mathews died.
Mar. 24, 1858 Mr. Edward Brooks died; of New Haven.
Mar. 28, 1858 Mrs. Foot died.
Apr. 10, 1858 Mr. Nathan Carpenter died. [Son of Nathan 6 and grandson

of Gideon. 6 Vide supra, Feb. 11, 1842.]
May 20, 1858 Mrs. Douglass died.
May 27, 1858 Mr. William Hammond died.
May 31, 1858 Mr. Farnel was burnt to death in his hollow.
July 15, 1858 Mrs. Sally Lomis died.*

* Her gravestone calls her Sarah C. Loomis, wife of Peter Foster. She was Sarah
Morton, born 7 Mar. 1773, daughter of Seth and Hephzibah (Packard) Morton. She
married (1) Peter Foster, who died 26 Dec. 1812, in his 62d year; and (2), as his
second wife, Freedom Loomis, who died 9 July 1822, in his 56th year. The first wife
of Freedom Loomis was Olive, daughter of Abisha Washburn. She died 11 Oct. 1811,
in her 48th year.

VOL. LXXL 8

116 Record of Deaths at Middlebury, Vt. r [April

Aug. 2, 1858 Elmore Yale died aged 10 years. Son of Mindrus Yale.

Aug. 7, 1858 She that was Mary Piper died. [Daughter of Silas Piper.]

Aug. 15, 1858 Mr. Grant's daughter died.

Aug. 19, 1858 Mrs. Havens died. [Wife of Elijah Havens.]

Aug. 21, 1858 Mr. Martin S. Dorance died, aged 58.

Aug. 29, 1858 Mr. Nichols, son of Mr. David Nichols brought to be buried

from France.
Sept. 26, 1858 Mr. Lampheres daughter buried from the poor house.
Oct. 15, 1858 Mr. Pond died.
Nov. 1, 1858 Mr. Barrows son died.

Nov. 5, 1858 Mrs. Mary Frary, wife of Harvey Frary aged 28.
Nov. 9, 1858 Mr. Silas Piper's wife died, aged 67. [Elizabeth.]
Nov. 22, 1858 Mr. Gideon Carpenter died aged 66. [Son of Nathan and

Hannah (Lurvey) Carpenter.]
Dec. 13, 1858 Mrs. Fletcher named Emma died, aged 23.
Jan. 21, 1859 Eunice Dewey formerly Carpenter, wife of Josiah E. Dewey,

daughter of Nathan and Eunice Converse Carpenter, died

aged 32 years.
Jan. 25, 1859 Mrs. Ellen How, daughter of Mr. Edward Barber was buried,

aged 24.
Feb. 18, 1859 Mr. Harvey died.

Feb. 18, 1859 Mrs. Caroline Johnson died. [Daughter of Moses and Han-
nah (Keep) Sheldon and widow of Austin Johnson.]
Apr. 17, 1859 Maryann Langworthy died.
Apr. 20, 1859 Mr. Howard died.
May 18, 1859 Uncle Earl Cushman's wife named Lucy died. [Lucy

(Young) Cushman.]
Sept. 11, 1859 Mr. Holland Everts died, aged 56.
Sept. 12, 1859 Mr. Eber Cogswell's son Henry died aged 17 years, 2 mos.,

and 26 days.
Sept. 30, 1859 Mr. Asa Chapman died.

Oct. 20, 1859 Mr. Timothy Boardsman's child named Mary died, aged 4.
Oct. 21, 1859 Mr. Henry Cad/s child died.
Oct. 24, 1859 John Eales [Eells] died aged 27 years.
Oct. 24, 1859 In Cornwall of the Typhoid Fever, George Perkill age 27.
Oct. 30, 1859 Miss Carry Nichols died in Cornwell aged 23.
Nov. 3, 1859 Guilford Sanborn, M.D. aged 32 years died.
Feb. 13, 1860 Mrs. Mary Wheeler died aged 60 years.
Feb. 13, 1860 Mr. William Johnson's son aged 5 years, 7 months.
Mar. 3, 1860 Marcia Hooker, daughter of Nathan and Eunice Carpenter,

wife of Carlos Hooker, died.
Mar. 29, 1860 Mr. Fredric Smith's wife named Eliza died aged 51.
Mar. 30, 1860 Mr. Rila Sumner died in the 27th year of his age.
Apr. 10, 1860 The Widow Bells daughter died.
Apr. 14, 1860 Mr. Powel died.
Apr. 16, 1860 Miss Elizabeth Wallace died, aged 57.
Apr. 20, 1860 D. Billing's daughter died.
Apr. 21, 1860 Rosetta Wood died.
May 4, 1860 Mr. Powells daughter died.
Sept. 22, 1860 Mr. Harvy Wilcox died aged 61.
Nov. 17, 1860 Mr. Daniel Judd died aged 54.

1860 At Forestdale, Mrs. Anna Chapman died, wife of Whitman

Chapman, aged 63 years.
Dec. 11, 1860 Julia Severance died.
Dec. 14, 1860 Mr. Mussy's son was found dead in his bed.
Dec. 20, 1860 Mr. Clay's son died.
Dec. 25, 1860 Mrs. Pearson died.

1917] Record of Deaths at Middlebury, Vt. 117

Mr. Silas Piper died aged 76.

Mrs. Tilden died.

Mr. Horace Semore [Seymour] was found froze to death.

Mrs. Harriet Tillotson, wife of Chandler Tillotson, died

aged 53.
Kitta Louisa Nichols, child of John Nichols, aged 7 mos.
Mr. Philip Tucker of Vergennes died.
Jo O'Flanigan died.
Adelfi Lee died, the wife of Mr. Lee.
Henry Bennet died aged 22 years and some months. [Son

of Daniel and Martha (Dewey) Bennett.]
Old Mrs. Hier died.

Mr. Lees wife died with the heart complaint.
Old Mr. Preston died. [Asa Preston.]
Mr. Abner Everts hung himself, aged 81.
Old Mr. Charles Eager died, aet 67.
Josiah Cushman died aged 39 the next Dec. 25th.
Mr. Remson's daughter Eliza died aged 18.
Mr. Walter Langworthy's wife died.
Mary Goodrich died, daughter of Otis and Mercy Goodrich,

aet. 23.
Julia Baker died aged 16. [Daughter of "Blind Man" John

Baker.]
Mrs. Cummings died.
Mr. Ruluf Lawrence was buried.
Mr. Flavel Beech died.
Mrs. Brewster's daughter died aged 46.
Mr. Augustus Mathew's child died.
Mr. Beckwith died aged 66.

Mr. Hiram W. Wicker's wife named Adeline died aged 45.
Mrs. Gifford died aged 62.

Mrs. Bolton died aet. 44. [Sarah, wife of S. R. Bolton.]
Mrs. Phebe Bush died, daughter of Samuel Eldridge.
Mr. Farr was buried.
Mr. Levets son James died aged 26.
Mr. Gillman died.

Old Mrs. Sybil Robinson died, aet. 83.
Mr. Fredric Swift died at Harrison's Landing and was

brought home.
Minnie Dewey died aged 6 mos. [Daughter of Noble Still-
man and Alice Dewey.]
Mr. Plumley's wife died.
Anna Louise Goodrich, daughter of W illiam Goodrich, died

aged 18 years.
Mrs. Williams, she that was Axa Comphrey died.
In Fulton, Iowa, Mr. Chester Goodrich died, formerly from

this town, aged 46 years. [Son of Amos 8 Goodrich.

Vide supra, Apr. 24, 1839.]
Quincy E. Blazo, eldest son of Joseph Blazo died aged 24.
Mr. Charles Linsly died.
Mrs. Potters son died.

Mariam Parker, wife of Solomon Parker, died aged 60 years.
Mr. Leach died.

Mrs. Millar the wife of Mr. Ep. Millar died.
Mr. Joseph Warner's wife died, aged 34.
She that was Sarah Crane died aged 20.
Mr. Frances died.

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118 Record of Deaths at Middlebury, Vt. [April

Dec. 18, 1862 Ellen Blazo died aged 25.

Dec. 25, 1862 Mr. [Joseph] Blazo her father died aged 57. [He married

Clementina Dow.]
Jan. 16, 1863 John Dyer, Junior's wife Celia died.
Feb. 1, 1863 Mr. Moody's son William was brought here and buried.
Feb. 14, 1863 William Burns died.
Feb. 21, 1863 Mr. Amos Mathew's wife died.

Mar. 1, 1863 Mr. Omro Comstock's daughter Mary died aged 7 yrs. 3 mos.
Mar. 22, 1863 Ashabel Lee died at Fairfax Courthouse.
Mar. 22, 1863 Mrs. Ives died.

Mar. 22, 1863 Mr. Bidwell's son 10 yrs old hung himself accidentally.
Mar. 23, 1863 Mr. Comstock's sod died.
Mar. 23, 1863 Mr. Lewis Hope lost a child.
Mar. 23, 1863 Dr. Ross' wife's mother died.
Mar. 24, 1863 Mr. Oramel Comstock died aged 36.
Mar. 30 — Apr. 20, 1863 The Rev. W. Winchester lost three children.
Apr. 11, 1863 Mr. George Eager and Mr. Fredrick Johnson were drowned

in New Haven River. Mr. Johnson was 31.
Apr. 16, 1863 Capt. Rufus Story aged 90.
Apr. 18, 1863 Mr. Rose died aged 73.

May 3, 1863 Mr. James Hide's child died with Scarlet Fever, age 6.
June 14, 1863 Mrs. Tracy's child aged 3 years died.
June 18, 1863 Mrs. Shurtliff died.
July 24, 1863 Aunt Mary Chase Cushmann wife of Ichabod Cushman died,

aged 75.
July 30, 1863 Captain Joel Boardman died aged 97.
Aug. 23, 1863 Dr. Marshall's wife died.
Aug. 23, 1863 Mr. Olmsted's son died.
Aug. 23, 1863 Anna Conroe died.

Sept. 19, 1863 Mrs. Eunice Ripley, wife of Shubel Ripley, died aged 71.
Sept. 23, 1863 Old Mr. Kinworthy died.
Sept. 27, 1863 Nellie M. Mussy died aged 22.
Sept. 28, 1863 John Eager died aged 9 years 2 months. [Son of George and

Adeline (Everts) Eager.]
Nov. 1, 1863 Mrs. Betsy Stearnes the wife of Noah Stearnes died age 66.
Nov. 3, 1863 Mr. Nichols was brought here and buried.
Dec. 3, 1863 In Ripton Dr. Zerah Porter in the 74th year of his age.
Dec. 26, 1863 Mary Vales, she that was Mary Wilson's daughter died aged

19 years.
Dec. 27, 1863 Mr. Bill Foot died and was brought from Burlington.

Aged 80 years.
Jan. 16, 1864 Mr. Adams died.
Jan. 17, 1864 Mrs. Lydia Mills, wife of William, died aged 42. Daughter

of Mr. John Hackett.
Jan. 17, 1864 Captain Joel Bordman's wife died aged 92. [Rebecca

Boardman.]
Jan. 17, 1864 Mr. Elisher Fuller was buried. Of New Haven.
Feb. 21, 1864 Mr. Hosmer was brought here and buried.
Feb. 26, 1864 Mrs. Benson's child died aged 7 years.
Feb. 29, 1864 Mr. Edward H. Denison died aged 46.
Mar. 4, 1864 Mr. Jacob Conroe died aged 56.
Mar. 16, 1864 Miss Clarisa Chittendon died.
Mar. 23, 1864 Miss Harriot Rogers died.
Apr. 3, 1864 Mrs. Anna Huntington died aged 74.
Apr. 6, 1864 Mrs. Cogswell died. [Betsey (Everts) Cogswell, sister of

Abner Everts and wife of Luman Cogswell.]
Apr. 6, 1864 Mrs. Fitch was brought from Albany and buried here, age 94.

1917] Record of Deaths at Middlebury, Vt. 119

Apr. 10, 1864 Mr. Ira Yale died, aet. 57.

Apr. 11, 1864 Mr. Epaphro H. Seymore died.
f Apr. 20, 1864 Dr. Kingsley's wife died.

Apr. 20, 1864 Mr. Daniel Barret died.

Apr. 20, 1864 Mrs. Harriet Foot died at her son's in Iowa, aged 76. The
wife of the late Mr. Justice Foot. Her remains were
brought to Middlebury to be deposited.

May 13, 1864 Mrs. Owen wife of Benjamin F. Owen, died aged 44 years.

June 12, 1864 George Cushman, son of Ichabod Cushman, died at Nash-
ville, Tenn, aged 38.

June 16, 1864 Mrs. Widow Howard's son died.

June 21, 1864 Mrs. Jenison died, the woman who came in from the west
with Aunt Caroline.

July 21, 1864 Mr. Abbet died.

Aug. 5, 1864 Mr. Kelsey died.

Sept. 1, 1864 George Champlin was buried, aged 58. [He married Mary
Willis.]

Sept. 2, 1864 Mrs. Amy Blake was brought here and buried.

Sept. 5, 1864 Dr. Mead's wife of Albany was thrown from a carriage.

Sept. 9, 1864 Miss Hendrick of Ripton died.

Sept. 23, 1864 Mrs. Louisa Nason, wife of Francis M. Nason, died aged 30.

Sept. 25, 1864 Mrs. Caroline Holmes of N. Y. was buried.

Oct. 6, 1864 Mr. Eli J. Mathews died. [Son of Timothy Matthews. He
married Annie Lothrop.]

Nov. 19, 1864 Julia Conroe died.

Jan. 8, 1865 Old Mrs. Eager died in Massachusetts, aet 67. [Lucy (Hol-
land), widow of Charles Eager.]

Jan. 9, 1865 Mr. Hiram Monger's widow died. [Huldah Munger, aged
73.]

Jan. 24, 1865 Mr. Jonathan Smith died, aged 76 years 10 months.

Jan. 30, 1865 Mr. Esra Crane was brought from Greenbush and buried
here, aged 73.

Feb. 7, 1865 Mr. Augustus Mathew's child died.

Feb. 17, 1865 Mrs. Micheal's son named John was brought here and buried.

Mar. 6,1865 Dr. Billings died.

Mar. 7, 1865 Mr. Alfred Stowel died.

Mar. 8, 1865 Mr. Mark Karney's wife of Salisbury died aged 52.

May 3, 1865 Mr. Wallace Crook's wife died.

May 18, 1865 Mr. Samuel S. Crook's wife Elizabeth died, aged 73.

May 26, 1865 Mrs. Betsy Beach the widow of the late Flavel Beach died,
aged 56.

July 20, 1865 Mrs. Sarah Hackett, aged 80, widow of Mr. John Hackett
died.

July 25, 1865 Mr. Waldo Unsted's [Olmstead's] wife, Mary J., died aged 40.

Aug. 12, 1865 Mr. George Morton died aged 33.

Sept. 12, 1865 Mr. Plumley's son Fred died aged 7 years.

Sept. 16, 1865 Mrs. Gillman and her child died.

Sept. 23, 1865 Liza Fuller, daughter of Widow Fuller, died.

Oct. 17, 1865 Mr. Daniel Bennett died aged 54.

Oct. 18, 1865 Mr. William Goodrich's son died aged 17.

Nov. 16, 1865 Mr. Hiram Rider died aged 31.

Nov. 23, 1865 Edwin Dorrance died aged 23.

Nov. 27, 1865 Mr. Asa Young died aged 69.

Dec. 16, 1865 Henry Cobb died aged 25.

Dec. 31, 1865 Mr. Joseph Warner died.

Jan. 24, 1866 Mr. William Goodrich died aged 49. [Son of Amos 5 Good-
rich. Vide supra, Apr. 24, 1839.]

120 Record of Deaths at Middlebury, Vt. [April

Miss Thirzy Adams died aged 75 years.

Mary Seeley died, aged 27.

Mr. Barnaba died aged 72.

Mrs. Crampton died.

Lilla Biglow of Brooklyn died aged 18.

Mr. Chancy Fuller died.

Mr. Hale died.

Mr. Samuel Shelldon died aged 80. [At Salisbury, Vt. He

was born at Salisbury, Conn., in 1786, and married Sarah,

daughter of Holland Weeks.]
Mr. Azro Goodrich died.
Mrs. Hill died.

Mr. Crook died one week after Mr. Shelldon.
Mr. Bond died aged 30.
Sqr. Chipman was buried.

Mary Mitchel died, aet 18, daughter of James and Betsey.
Carlos Hooker's son Edwin Hooker died aged 9 years.
Mary Pinney died aged 16 years, 8 mos. 19 days. [Daughter

of Almon W. and Lurana (Dewey) Pinney.]
Mr. William Huting [perhaps Huntington] died in Iowa,

Jackson Co., formerly of Middlebury, aged 65.
Miss Abba Foster, daughter of Peter and Sarah, was brought

here to be buried. Aet. 67. [Abby B. Foster, died 29 Dec.

1866.]
Jan. 1867 Mrs. Lois Mathews relict of Capt. Timothy Mathews, aged

95.
Mr. Adam's child named George died aged 1 year, 6 months.
Mr. Wooworth died aged 90 years.

Aunt Patty [(Dewey)] Bennett, wife of Daniel, died aged 55.
Mr. Hooker was buried. [David Hooker, aet. 67.]
Mr. Crain died aged 65.
Mr. Kneeland Olmstead died, aet 57.
Mrs. Lagroves died.
Mrs. Ellen Clark, wife of Chancy Clark, died aged 22 yrs.,

1 mo.
Mr. Comstock died aged 65.
Mrs. Hayden died.

Mrs. Sarah Mathews, the wife of Augustus, died aged 30 yrs.
She that was Alvira Morton died.
Mr. John Hacket, Jr., died at Brattleboro and was brought

to Middlebury to be buried, aet. 52.
Mrs. Nancy P. Kingsley died aged 71.
Jane [(Wilson)] Doan died, wife of Schuyler Doan.
James Cushman died aged 28 years. [Son of Earl Cushman,

of Orwell, Vt.]
Mrs. Norman Boardman died.
Aunt Lovisa Morton died aged 62 last May. [Lovisa

(Dewey), daughter of Stillman Dewey and wife of Daniel

Morton.]
Edward Morton's girl named Mary died aged 7 years.
Mr. Simon Clark fell into the well at Lake Dunmore and died

there.
Mr. Fales' daughter died aged one year and 5 months.
Mrs. Mary, wife of Mr. Norman Tupper, aged 71.
Mr. Tracy's daughter died aged 3 months.
«.ug. ±», iouo Old Mrs. Goodrich died aged 97.
Sept. 2, 1868 Almon W. Pinney died aged 53 years and 11 months.

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1917] Record of Deaths at Middlebury, Vt. 121

Sept. 6, 1868 Charles Ford died.

Sept. 8, 1868 Aunt Harriet S. [(Wadsworth)] Dewey died aged 70 years.

[Wife of William Dewey.]
Sept. 8, 1868 Mrs. Oril Winchester died in Madrid, N. Y., aged 84.
Oct. 20,1868 Judge Tilden died.
Nov. 22, 1868 Mr. Jonathan Seely died aged 74.

Nov. 23, 1868 Mr. John Baker died aged 84. [A French Canadian, blind
for many years, for whom "Blind Baker Hill" was named.]
Dec. 28, 1868 Mrs. Atwell of Rutland died and her sister one week before.
Mar. 9, 1869 Mrs. Rockwell, wife of Sumner Rockwell of Cornwall, died.
Mar. 10, 1869 Mrs. Sterns died.

Mar. 13, 1869 Mrs. Mary Crane, wife of A. W. Crane of Vergennes, died.
Mar. 13, 1869 Mr. Fullar's son of New Haven died.
Mar. 14, 1869 Mrs. Mills, wife of Andrew Mills, died age 57.
Mar. 27, 1869 Mr. Whitman Chapman died.
Mar. 29, 1869 Death of Prof. George Webber's wife.
Apr. 5, 1869 Mrs. Dickinson died.
June 1, 1869 A man was buried from the Jail.
June 8, 1869 Mrs. Widow Abner Everts died, aet 81. [Rhoda (Warne)

Everts.]
June 13, 1869 Mrs. Hannah North of Shoreham died. [Hannah (Con-
verse) North.]
June 22, 1869 Josiah E. Dewey's son named Josiah Hammond Dewey

aged 1 mo.
July 2, 1869 Mr. Henry Abby died.
July 2, 1869 Mr. Smith died.
July 17, 1869 The Widow Cady died. [Mary (Winter) Cady, widow of

Isaac, aet. 88. She was born at Dudley, Mass.]
Aug. 19, 1869 Mr. E. N. Gilman of E. Middlebury died.
Aug. 24, 1869 Mr. Bump died.
Oct. 13, 1869 Mr. Horatio Plumly died.

Oct. 24, 1869 Enoch Dewey died aged 76 years 1 mo. 1 day. [Son of Still-
man Dewey and husband of the writer of these records.]
Dec. 28, 1869 Aunt Basheba Morton [Foot] died aged 99 years wanting 2

days. [Widow of Freeman Foot.] *
Jan. 24, 1870 Mrs. Nancy Griswold aged 36.
Feb. 9, 1870 Mrs. Samuel Sheldon was buried. [Sarah (Weeks) Sheldon,

aged 84.]
Feb. 10, 1870 Mrs. Michael's daughter died aged 14 years.
Feb. 10, 1870 She that was EJite Cushman [Mrs. Rollin Wilcox] lost a child

8 months old, named Arthur.
Mar. 25, 1870 Mr. Demetrius Crampton died.
Mar. 28, 1870 Mr. Dugald Steward [Stewart] died.
Mar. 31, 1870 Mrs. Rider died aged 74.
Mar. 31, 1870 Miss Liddy Wood died aged 87.
Apr. 1, 1870 Byron Rich died aged 23.
Apr. 2, 1870 Mr. John Hammond's wife died aged 72. [Fanny (Keeler)

Hammond.]
June 9, 1870 Mrs. Naoma Mills Cady died aged 43 years.
June 13, 1870 Old Mr. Ryan died. [Michael Rion, aet. 70.]
Aug. 5, 1870 Mr. Chester Fenns' wife died. [Patty Fenn, aet. 73.]
Aug. 16, 1870 Mrs. Catherine Judd died aged 63.
Aug. 18, 1870 Mr. Orson Goodnoe died aged 42.

• Bathsheba Morton, daughter of Seth and Hephzibah (Packard) Morton, wa3
born 30 Dec. 1770. She married (1) Ichabod Morton, eon of Ichabod and Deborah
(Morton) Morton, his mother Deborah being a daughter of Capt. Ebenezer and Mercy
(Foster) Morton; and (2) Freeman Foot.

122 Record of Deaths at Middlebwry, Vt. [April

Aug. 1870 Mr. Harmon Sheldon died aged 55. [Son of Samuel Shel-
don.]

Dec. 30, 1870 Mr. Edwin Hammond died aged 70. [He was a descendant
of William 1 Hammond through Benjamin, 2 John,* Elna-
than, 4 John Arnold,' and Elnathan, 8 his father.]

Jan. 1, 1871 Josiah E. Dewey's child died, called James Earl Dewey, aged
one month.

May 1, 1871 Mrs. Edwin Hammond died. [Alpa (Olmstead) Hammond.]

June 1, 1871 Mrs. Mercy [(Foster)] Goodrich died. [Wife of Otis Good-
rich, aet. 77.]

July 14, 1871 Aunt Pamelia Dewey Mathews, daughter of Stillman and
Lurana Dewey, aged 76, from Berlin, Ohio. [Widow of
Jonas Matthews, who was son of Timothy and Lois
Matthews.]

Aug. 2, 1871 Uncle Daniel Morton died aged 72. [Son of Ichabod and
Bathsheba Morton.]

Aug. 7, 1871 Mr. Silas Mathews' wife died aged 52.

Aug. 15, 1871 Mrs. Cogswell died. [Sarah (Heath), wife of Eber CogswelL]

Aug. 16, 1871 Mrs. Electa Everts died aged 91 years, 1 day. [Electa
(Noble) Everts, daughter of Roger and Martha Foote
(Dewey) Noble and wife of Martin Everts.]

Aug. 30, 1871 Frank Mills of New Haven died aged 23. [Son of Schuyler
and Mary Ann (Dewey) Mills.]

Apr. 1872 Almaran Holmes died. [Son of John and Caroline (Mont-
gomery) Holmes.]

May 12, 1872 Died in Brooksville, Mr. John Crane, aged 70 years.

June 4, 1872 Dr. WilHam Russell died aged 70.

June 9, 1872 Mr. Nathan Wood died aged 77 years.

July 8, 1872 Mrs. Rebecca Boardman Everts, wife of Charles Everts,
died aged 41.

July 13, 1872 Mr. Amos Bell died aged 51 years.

Nov. 14, 1872 William Dewey died in Kansas, aged 73 years, 5 months.
[Son of Stillman and Lurana Dewey.]

Dec. 8, 1872 Mrs. Minerva Lovet died aged 66 years. [Wife of Isaac
Lovett.]

Dec. 29, 1872 Mr. Allen Mills died aged 75 years, 8 months.

Apr. 17, 1873 Mrs. Laura Fales, wife of Myron Fales, died aged 22.

Apr. 29, 1873 Mrs. Betsy Pamaley, wife of Martin N. Foot, died in Rut-
land aged 77. Was brought to !Middlebury.

Aug. 23, 1873 Mrs. Eunice [(Converse)] Carpenter died aged 84. [Wife of
Nathan Carpenter.]

Sept. 1873 Mrs. Fred Leland died aged 65. [Betsey (Everts) Leland,
daughter of Abner Everts.]

Dec. 1, 1873 Mr. Frank Hope died.

Dec. 14, 1873 Mrs. Sarah [(Olmstead)] Hammond, widow of W. S., died
aged 72.

Dec. 23, 1873 Mrs. Noble Foot died aged 69. [Emily (Smith) Foot,]

Jan. 15, 1874 Mrs. Paul Champlin died aged 96. [Esther (Hyde) Cham-
plin, born 9 Nov. 1777.]

Jan. 16, 1874 Mrs. Sally [(Emery)] Eldridge died aged 88 years. [Wife of
Samuel Eldridge.]

Mar. 1874 Alice M. Dewey died aged 10 years, 24 days. [Daughter of
Noble and Alice Dewey.]

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123

EARLY VITAL RECORDS OF SACO
AND BIDDEFORD, ME.

Communicated by Edgab Yates, A.B., of Boston, Mass.

Ancient Saco lay "to the Eastward," at the mouth of the Saco
River. A party commanded by Richard Vines, who acted under
the direction of Sir Ferdinando Gorges, spent the winter of 1616-17
at the mouth of the river, but the settlement was discontinued after
it had served its main purpose of demonstrating that Englishmen
could live through a New England winter.* Thirteen years later
Vines and John Oldham received from the Council of Plymouth a
grant of land on the west side of the Saco River, extending four miles
along the coast and eight miles inland. Another patent conveyed a
tract of the same extent on the east side of the river to Thomas Lewis
and Richard Bonython. On 5 July 1653 sixteen leading inhabitants
of Saco, as the region included in these two patents was called, signed
an act of submission to the Massachusetts government, and the town
of Saco was incorporated, its written records beginning on 12 July
of the same year.

With the beginning of the Indian troubles in 1688 the town was
practically abandoned, and for nearly thirty years no records of
meetings for the transaction of town affairs are found. Then the
records of the General Court show that on 14 Nov. 1718 the inhabi-
tants there were "invested with the powers of a town according to
the ancient bounds thereof," and it was provided "that the name
thereof be Biddeford." In 1752 that part of the town of Biddeford
lying east of the Saco River was set off as a separate parish, which in
June 1762 was incorporated as the town of Pepperrellborough. On
23 Feb. 1805 the name of Pepperrellborough was changed to Saco.

There appear in the earliest part of the first town book, among the
records for the period 1653-1688, the names of these persons, in such
connection as to indicate that they were inhabitants:

John Abbott
Andrew Alger
Edward Andrews
Francis Backus
Nicholas Baly
Nicholas Baly, Jr.
George Barlow
Moses Bennett
Ambrose Berry
Benjamin Blackman
John Bonithon
Robert Booth
Simeon Booth
John Bowden
John Carter
Humphrey Case
[Rev.] Barnabas Chaun-
cey

Walsingham Chilson
Edward Clark
Edward Colcott
John Cole
Richard Cummin
William Curkeet
William Daggett
John Davis
Thomas Doughty
Patrick Dunmark
William Dyer
John Edgecomb
Nicholas Edgecomb
John Elson
Pendleton Fletcher
[Rev.] Seth Fletcher
Richard Foxwell
William Gale

James Gibbins
James Gibbins, Jr.
Thomas Haines
Thomas Haley
John Halicome
James Harmon
John Harmon
John Henderson
Peter Henderson
Arthur Hewes
Giles Hibbins
Peter Hill
Roger Hill
Philip Hinkson
Richard Hitchcock -
Thomas Hitchcock
Christopher Hobbs, Sr.
Francis Hooke

* In 1916 the inhabitants of Biddeford celebrated with pageantry the three hundredth
anniversary of this "settlement" by Vines and his party.

124

Vital Records of Saco and Biddeford, Me.

[April

Phineas Hull
John Leigh ton
William Luscome
Walter Marr
[Rev.] Mr. Milburn
James More
Michael Naziter
Freegrace Norton
George Page
Richard Peard
Brian Pendleton
Walter Pennell
Maj. William Phillips
John Presbery

Abraham Radner
Richard Randall
Thomas Reading
John Rice
Thomas Rogers
John Rule
Edward Sargent
John Sargent
Samuel Scadlock
William Scadlock, Sr.
William Scadlock, Jr.
Humphrey Scammon
John Sharp
Thomas Shepard

Alexander Smith
John Smith
John Sparke
Roger Spencer
Robert Temple
William Tharall
Ralph Tristram
Henry Waddock
John Waddock
John Wakefield
William Warren
John West
Thomas Williams
Arthur Wormistall

In the same part of the first book also appear these names, but
they occur mostly in a single connection, that connection not being
such as would necessarily imply inhabitancy. Certain of them, for
instance, the Batsons, Gregory Jefery, Thomas Mills, Thomas
Sanders, and Richard More, are known from other sources to have
been inhabitants of Cape Porpoise, Wells, or other neighboring towns.

John Gray
David Hamblton
Henry Hatherly
Gregory Jefery
Morgan Lacee [sic,

? Laree]
Shadrach Luscome
John Mason "
Thomas Mills
Richard More
William Naziter

John Palmer
George Payne
Thomas Powell
Richard Raser
Giles Read
Thomas Sanders
John Snelling

Ward

John Williams
Jacob Wormwood

John Alden
John Batson
Stephen Batson
Arthur Battine
William Batting
Henry Browne

Burnitt

Robert Cook
Mordecai Cravitt
William Downe
Robert Field

The few remaining names in this part of the book are those of
persons who palpably never were inhabitants, and therefore they are
not given here.

In a "seating " of the women in the meetinghouse, as made by the
selectmen on 9 Nov. 1674, the names appear in this order:

Mistress Pendleton, Goodwives Trustrum, Woddock, Gibbins, Comins,
Booth, Bouley, Hichcock, Tempell, Hill, Pennell, Rogers, Bouden, Elson,
Wormstall, More, Seely, Cartter, Shargnt, Gibbins, Jr., Henderson, Rule,
Sharp, Harmon, Peard, Presbere, Case, Harmon, Jr., Read, Henderson,
Edgcum, Wakfield, Booth, Leighton, Frost, Peage, Hues, Worrin, Church-
well, Harney, Chelcon, Mar.

The first book of records is in a fair state of preservation, due in
part, perhaps, to the fact that in 1859 a copy of it was made by a local
penman for the use of the general public* But between 1672 and
1688 there are only a few entries of vital records, and in 1688 all
town records cease for nearly thirty years, until the reincorporation
of the town in 1718.|

* Owing to its inaccuracies — in the vital records, at least — this copy is not of value
to the genealogist.

t Much information about those named in the early records may be found in Fol-
som's History of Saco and Biddeford and in Hon. James Pbinney Baxter's notes to his
Trelawney Papers.

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Below are given the vital records contained in the earliest town
book and also those in the second book down to 1741, and the pub-
lication of these records will be continued in a future number of the
Register.*

A regester of y 8 day of Childrens birth herein writen

Imprimus Richard Hichkox doughter: Jerusha: borne 9 month 28 day 1653

Thomas Hichkox borne: 11: month 20: day 1655

Robert Booth y 6 sonn of Robert: borne 5: month 25: day 1655

James: Gibbins y 8 sonn of James borne 19 of march 1648

Elizabeth Gibbines Doughter of Jams borne 23 april 1652

Thomas Gibbins sonn of James borne november 23 1654

Rebecka Gibbines Doughter of Jams borne January 30 1656

John Lacee [sic, ? Laree] son of morgan borne June 18: 1642

Samuell Trustrum son of Ralph: borne February 2: 1644

Nathaniel Trustrum son of Ralph borne July 10: 1650

Beiaman Trustrum son of Ralph borne May 8 1653

Ruhana Trustrum Doughter of Ralph borne Decern 18: 1655

Rachaell Trustrum Doughter of Ralph borne August 23 : 1658

Charitie Gibbins Doughter of James borne January 5 : 1658

Lidia Hichkox Doughter of Richard borne Novem 30: 1658

Thomas Roggers Sonn of Thomas borne January 12: 1658

Rachell Gibbines doughter of James borne octob 23: 1660

Hanah Bouden doughter of John borne July: 9: 1658

Lucie Bouden doughter of John borne June 25: 1660

Richard Randall son Richard borne March 6 1659

Sarah Randall dough - of Richard borne March 24 1661

Sarah Hill doughter of Rogger borne Aprill 7: 1661

Sarat Pennell doughter of Walter born Aug 2: 1661

Arthur Wormstall son of Arthur borne Sep 26: 61

Susan Wormstall doughter of Arthur born May 25: 1658

Rebecka Hichkox doughter of Richard born Aug 20: 61

Edward Sargent son of John borne March 8: 1661:

William Scadlocke son of William borne March: 4: — 1661

Ruth Trustrum doughter of Ralph born August 10: — 1664

Freegrace Trustrum son of Ralph born October 7: — 1661

Richard Hichkox 2 doughters borne Septem: 25: — 1664

Hester Gibbins borne August: 16: — 1664

John Hinderson borne January 15: — 1665: 66

Hannah hill doughter of Roger born Sept 7 — 1664

John Hill son of Roger borne May 28 — 1666

Dunmarke Son of Patryarke born Octo 14: — 1667

Cartar Son of John borne Decemb 2 — 1667
Ephraim Helson son of John borne Decemb: 4: — 1667
Barbery Harman doughter of Jams Decemb: 6: — 1667
Petter AndersonJ of John borne January 14 — 1667
Anthony Gibines son of Jams borne October 14 — 1666
Micael Naziter boorn Aprill 3: a „ f a/t^o^ii — 1664

John Naziter borne February 25 : bons ot ^^^ — 1666

Mary Booth doughter of Robert borne Sept 30 — 1627
Ellen Booth doughter of Robert borne in February — 1634
Simion Booth son of Robert borne May: 10: — 1641 :

* The original books from which these vital records have been copied are in the
custody of the city clerk of Biddeford, Me.
t Sara written before Matthew crossed out.
t I.e., Henderson.

126 Vital Records oj Saco and Biddeford, Me. [April

Martha Booth doughter of Robert borne aprill 12 : — 1645 :
Water: Pennell born son of Watt decern: 1: — 1649
Mary: Pennell doughter of Watt borne March: 12: — 1652
Debora: Pennell doughter of Watt borne decern 30: — 1654
Robert Booth born son of Robert July 24: — 1655

Anno Domini 1668 births
Samuell Hill son of Rogger borne december 14 — 1668
Elizabeth Booth borne doughter of Simieon may 4 — 1669
Susana Pennell doughter of Walter borne march 29 — 1669
John Wormstall son of Arthur borne novem: 3: — 1669:
Patience Sergant doughter of John borne decern: — 1668:
Abigale Buly doughter of Nickolas borne feb: 1 : — 1654
Nickolas Buly son of nickolas borne feb 1 : — 1661
Bridgitt Booth doughter Simion borne January: 10: — 1671 : 72

A regester of Water Mayers Children
Judeth Mayer borne doughter of Water March: 16: — 1654
Mary Mayer doughter of Water borne Septem: 3: — 1656
Water Mayer son of Water born May — 2 — 1659
Sara Mayer doughter of Water borne February: 5: — 1661 :
Rebecka Mayer doughter of Water borne July: 12 — 1664
Ruth Mayer doughter of Water borne October 20: — 1666
Elyzabeth doughter of Water Mayer borne July 23 — 1669
Beniamine Mayer son of Walter borne March: 16 : — 1671 : 72:
Love Mayer borne Doughter of Walter Septem 29 — 1674

A Regester of marriages for y 8 towne of Saco
William Kirkeet was maried y 8 25 of y 8 9 month 1655
William Batting maried y e 12 of y 6 8 moth 1655
John Bouden maried to Grace Buly y 6 6: of 6 month 1656:
John Helson maried to Joane Waddock 3: of 9 m th 1658
John Cole maried to Mary Chilson 23 of 10 month 1658
Nickolas Buly* maryd to Ellen Booth July 1652
Ambrose Beary maried to Ann Buly 1653
Thomas Roggers maried July to Easter Forwell — 1657
Roger Hill maried novem to Mary Crosse — 1658
Jams Harman maried to Sarah Clark May 6 — [torn]
John Batson maried to Elyzabeth Sanders June — [torn]
Freegrace Norton maryd to Lida Spencer August 3 — [torn]
David Hamblton maryed to Annah Jaxson July 14 — 16[&>rn]
Aurthur Hewes maryed to Dunie Steevens June 30 — [torn]
John Lighton maryed to Martha Booth October 2: — 1663
Simeyon Booth maryed to Rebeka Frost January 5: — 1663
Arthur Battine maried to Abygale Spurwell Sept 8: — 1664
John Henderson maryed to Ellen Buly September 25 — 1664
Mycahell Nostras mard to Jann Hobbs Sept: 2: — 1664
George Page to Marye Egcome — 1664
Thomas Sanders to Hope Renold octo: 23 — 1664
John Carter to Anne Scadlocke decern 27 — 1665
John Sharp maryd to Elyzabeth Gibbins Novem: 14: — 1667
John Rule maryd to Emm Silye June 13 — 1668
Jams Gibbins mared to Dorkass Silly decern — 166[toni]
Thomas Doutie maried to Elyzabeth Bullie Jan 24 — 1669
Richard Peard maryd to Jane Naziter July 8: — lQQ[torn]
Gyels Hibbines maryed to Mary Pennell July 21 : — lQ7[torn]
Petter Henderson maryd to Abigal Buly decern : 29 : — [torn]

• Baly or Bailey. Gf. the will of Jonas Baly, in Maine Wills.

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127

Henry Hatherly maried to Elizabeth Barlow July 4: [torn]
Gyels Read maried to Judith Mayer novem 10: [torn]
William Chelcon maryd Grace Bryar* [torn]
[One more entry follows, so worn and torn as to be illegible.]

Buryalls

Rebeckaf Gibbines y 8 Doughter of James dyed Jan 3: 1658

Mary Haille buryd 10: month 24: 1658.

Sidrack Luscom Septem 1 : 1660

Ambrose Baery buryd May 3: 1661

John Cole buryed March 1661

Ed: Clark buryed July 28 — 1661

Tamzin Buly buryd July 30 — 1661

Elyfall Cole buryd octo 23 — 1661

William Kirkeet March 20: — 1662

Nicolas Buly buryed Aprill 29: — 1664

John Scadlock buryed Aprill 29: — 1664

William Scadlock buryed July 17 — 1664

Petter Hill buryed August 29 — 1667

M r : William Flecher buryd January: 30: 1667:68

Edward Andrews buryd Aprill: 16: — 1668:

Micaell Naziter beiried June 13 — 1668:

John Sparke buryed October 24 — 1669

Abram Radner buryed Sept: 15 — 1670

Rich* Hichkox buryd June 22 — 1671 :

Thomas Hichkox buryd decern: 23 — 1671:

Marey Chelcon Bured august 24 — 1674

John Wakfelld Died Febearey 15 — 1674

John Dunmarke son of Patryark borne November 12: — 1669
Elyzabeth Dowtie doughter of Thomas borne February 14 — 1669-70
Beniamine Sergent son of John Sergent borne February: 15: 1671-72
Margery Case Doughter of Humphry Case Born Aug 8 * 7 — 1671
John Bouden son of John Bouden Borne July 15 — 1671
Nicklos Bouden son of John Bouden Borne Janeary 19 — 1673
Marey Hill Dafther of Roger Borne June 25 — 1672
Margreat Case Doughter of Humphry Case borne Janarey 8: 1673
Bengimane Hill son of Roger Borne Febearey y 6 24 — 1674
James Lighton son of John Borne Aprell y 9 19 — 1675
Patience Sherjant Dafther of John Borne May y 8 : 1: — 1675
Ebenezer hill y 6 Sun of Roger Hill Borne in Feberay 14 1679

A book of Reecords of berthes in Saco and Biddiford

Humphrey the Son of Humphrey and Elizebeth Scammon was Boren March

the 2th 1717J
Ezray the Son of John and Elizebeth Davis was Boren Feubery the 20 th

1719/18
Marttheu the son of Mattheu and Margaret Short was born Aprill the 20 th

1719
Dominicos the Son of Humphrey and Elizebeth Scammon was born May 22 th

1719
John the Sun of John and Darckes Liensey Was Boren Feuebery 20 th 1720/21
Ebenezer the Son of Matthew & Margaret Short was born March 21* h 1721

* Not Bryant, as Folsom thought possible. For the family, see the will of Jonas
Baly.

t Rebecka written above Elizabeth crossed out.

t Each entry of vital records from 1717 to 1732 is attested "pr Humphrey Scammon
town Clarck."

128 Vital Records of Saco and Biddeford, Me. [April

Bengjman the son of Ebenezer & Abieall Hill was boren Septembr 25: 1715:
Lydia the Dafter of Ebenezer & Abieall Hill was Boren August 25 th 1718
James the Son of Humphrey Scammon and Elizebeth was boren Aug 8 * 1 : 1721 :
Joshua the Sun of Ebenezer & Abieall Hill was Boren October 17 1721
Judeth the Dafter of Abraham townsend & Judeth was Boren October 29

1722
Rusworth the Sun of Sammil Jordon and Oliey was Boren November 17 1719
Oley the dafter of Sammil Jordon and Oley was boren Juley 1 1722
Mary the dafter of Stephen Stringer and Mary was boren Febuary 23 172/3
Rebacker the dafter of Solomon Smith and Susan was boren March 28 1723
Sarah the Dafter of Robert Eghcumb and [torn] was boren Aprail the 19 1722
Jaramiah the Sun of Ebenezer and Abieal Hill was boren Janeruy 22 1723/4
Nathanel the Sun of Humphrey and Elizebeth Sc amm on was boren Febru-
ary th 6 1723/4
Marey the Dauester of David and Marey Young was boren November th 6

1721
Sarah the Dauester of Davied and Mary Young was boren March 22 1723
Hipzbah the Daefter of John and Elizebeth Davies was boren Juen the 4 1721
John the Suen of John and Elizebeth Davies was boren September th 1 1723
Toefelos the Suen of Danel and Rebacker Smith was boren November 25 1720
Daniel the Suen of Daniel and Rebacker Smith was boren Aprael the 11 1722
Rebacker the Daefter of Daniel and Rebacker Smith was boeren October the

12 1724
Samuell the Sun of Abrahaem & Judah Townensad was boren Febuarey the

14 1724/5
Robert the Sun of Robert and Sarah Edgcumb was boeren March th 26 1725
Ritchard the Sun of Ritchard and Mary Smith was Boeren Augaest the 29

1724
Benjman the Sun of Humphrey and Elizebeth Scamon was boeren May the

9 1727
Stephen the Sun of David and Elizebeth Briaent was boren March the 8 1724
Susana Dafter of David and Elizebeth Briaent was boren March 23 1727
[torn]anah the Dafter of Robert and Sarah Brocks was boren Setember 11

1724
Thomas the Sun of Ritchard and Mary Smithe Was Boren Juen the 17 1727
Bathsheby Bagley the dafter of Robert and Marttey Baglley was boren

March the 14 day in 1727
Humphrey the Sun of John and Marey Tomas was boren May the 26 1727
John the Sun of Edward and Abigaiel Proctor was boeren October the 11 1727
Liedy the Dafter of Daniel and Rebackr Smieth was boeren Desembr 25 1727
Sarah the Dafter of Samiel and Olive Jordan was boeren 5 of Jueley 1724
Hanah the Dafter of Samiel and Olive Jordan was boeren 8 day of Maey 1726
Thomas Eghcomb the Son of Thomas and Sarah Eghcomb was boeren 19 of

October 1727
Rachaiel the Dafter of Robert and Sarah Eghcomb was boeren 20 of Augaest

1727
James the Sun of Abraham Townsand and Judath his wief was boeren Janu-

arey the 31 in the year 1729/30
Routh the Dafter of James and Amm Saends was boren 17 Day of November

1729
Mary the Dafter of Daniel Smith and Rebecker was boern Juen the 26 day

1729
Jeriemiah Sun to Humphrey and Elizebeth Scammon was boern May the 12

day 1729
Honur Dafter to John & Eliezebeth tar was boeren Juen the 15 day 1730
Jejima the Dafter of Robert & Sarah Edgcomb was boeren March the 18 day

17[torn)

1917] Vital Records of Saco and Biddeford, Me. 129

Rachael the Dafter of Thomas Edghcumb & Sarah his wief was boeren

May 23 day 1730
Edward the Sun of Edward and Sarah Rumerey was boeren Jueley the 27 day
i 1730

Joseph the Sun of Benjman & Eliesebeth Hielton was boren Augst the 22 day

1729
Thomas the Sun of Mark Shepaerd & Hanah was boren Juen the 22 day 1730
Mary the Dafter of John & Sarah Sharpe was boeren 30 day of Juen 1730
Sarah the Dafter of John and Dabra Philips was boeren 28 day of Juen 1731
Aliab Sun of Henerey and Debra Pendexter was boren Desember the 6 1729
Mary the Dafter of Henery & Debry Pendexter was boern Desembr 23 day

1730
Henery the Sun of Henery & Debroro Pendexter was boren Juen 18 day 1732
Mary the Dafter of Robert and Sarah Edgcoumb was boren March day 31

1733
William the Sun of William and Saray Raday was boeren Febuery the 11 day

1732/3

A Boock of Mareges for the Town of Biddiford
Moses Dower & Ann Clemens both of Biddiford ware Married Decembr the

first 1720 ■$ Matthew Short
Abraham Townsend & Judith Edgcumb both of Biddiford war Mared

Decembr the 8& 1720 pr Matthew Short
Peaer Shortwel of Gorge Town & Mary Cromton of Bidiford war Married

Feubery 27th 1720/1 *$ Capt John Graey Esqir
Daniel Smieth and Rebacker Emerey both of Biddeford war Mared the fiest

of Janerey 1719
Thomas Edhcumb and Sarah Fletcher both of Biddiford war Marrid the

tenth of Desembr 1725
John Reed and Elizebath Linsey both of Biddiford war Marrid the tenth of

Desembr 1725
Edward Seers and Lydia Smith both of Biddeford war marrid the tenth

Feebuary 1725
Cap tt John Sharpe and Elizbeth Gardner of Gloster war mared the 29 day of

Septembr 1726
Edward Proctor & Abiagall Sharpe both of Biddiford war married the 12 day

of Desemboer 1726
Henrey Pendexter & Debrow Littelfeald both of Biddeford war Married

Decembr the 20 1727
Thomas Emerey & Susanah Hill boeth of Biddiford waer Married the 22 day

of March 1731 by the Reverend Samuell Wilerd
Adames & Hanah Taler war mared October 26 1731 by the Rev 1

Samuell Wilrd
John Elwel & Elizebeth Dunel war mared Febuarey 2 d 1731/2 by the Reven d

Samuel Willard

A boock of Deths for Biddiford
Ruth Senter Dieyed May the 7 1721
Patitaenc Senter Dieyed Juen 29 1723
Humphrey Scammon Desesed Januarey the 1 day in the yeaer of 1727 and

of his aeaeg 87 yeaers
Jeramiah Scammon Sun to Humphrey & Eliezebeth Scammon desesed May

the 29 day 1729
Honur the dafter of John & Eliezebeth Tar desesed the 15 day 1730 [sic]
Aliab Pendexter desesed Desember the 22 day 1729

Marieg intended by Samuel Coell & Ester broox both of Biddiford October
14 day 1731

130 Vital Records of Saco and Biddeford, Me. [April

Marieg intended by John Stackpoel of Biddiford and Bethiah Young of York

October 22 1731
Marieg intended by John Elwel and Elisebeth Dunel both of Biddiford

Janeury 20 day 1732/1
Marieg intended by Benoney Astien and Masey Tompson both of Biddiford

Febuarey 4 day 1732/1
Marieg intended by W m Gibes and Mary Hariel both of Biddiford Febuary 19

day 1732/1
Marieg intended by Benjman Pariker and Sarah Davies Both of Biddiford

Febuary 26 day 1732/1
Marieg intended by Jacob Chisemor and Mathe Smith both of Biddiford

Febuary 26 day 1732/1
Marieg intended by Natthanell Faver and Elizabeth Sharp both of Biddeford

November the 10 day 1732

Joseph Hanson of Dover and Sarah Scamman of Biddiford Intends Marriage

Biddiford 1737*

Benj Tarbox and Abigail Emery Both of Biddeford Intend Marriage Bidde-
ford
Their is Man-age intended betwen Leiut Benj amen Nicols of Biddiford & M™

# Mary Woodbridge of York Biddifor July 20th 1734
Theire is Marrage Intended betwen Joseph Millar of Biddeford and Mar-
I great Smith of Arundel Biddiford No 1 30th 1734

Theire is Marrage Intended betwen John Barrows and Perscillia Philbrook

both of Biddiford Biddiford Dec 7th 1734
Theire is Marrage Intended betwen Joseph Hatch and Abigal Flecher Both

of Biddiford Biddiford January 18th 1734
Samu 11 Young of Biddeford and Darkes Day of Wells Intends Marrage

Biddeford March 6 1735
Samu 11 Smith of Biddiford and Sarah Melcher of Boston Intends Marrage

Biddiford March 20th 1735
M r Ebenezer Hill junior of Biddiford and M ra Joanna Whinget of Dover

Intends Marrage Biddiford May 1 1736
Joseph Ejllpatrick and Mary Millar both of Biddiford Intends Marrage

Biddiford
Walter Murch and Rebeckah Garland both of Biddiford Intends Marrage

Biddiford Augt 22th 1736
Samuel Scammon jun. of Biddiford and Mehittibel Hinckley of New Meddows

Intends Marrage Biddiford Augt 22th 1736
M r Richard Berry and M re Abigal Smith both of Biddiford Intends Marraige

Biddiford May 8th 1736
Ichabod Austin and Elizabeth Billing both of Biddiford Intends Marraige

Biddiford Sept 5 1736
Simon Whinget and Lydia Hill Both of Biddiford Intends Marraige Biddiford

Sept 26 1736
John Paterson and Elizabeth Davis both of Biddiford Intends Marraege

Biddiford Sept 26 1736
William Killpatrick and Martha Thompson both of Biddiford Intends Mar-
raige Biddiford Augt 29th 1736
Moses Wadlen and Jane Perry Both of Biddiford intends Marriage Biddiford

Oct 15th 1737
William Hodges and Anna Russell both of Biddiford Intends Marriage

Biddiford March 27th 1737
Joshua Whitney of Biddiford and Pheba Day of Wells Intends Marriage

Fe b 19th 1737

* With this entry begin vital records found in the second town book of Biddeford.
Each entry is attested by the town clerk, Samuel Jordan. The first two marriage
intentions are written on the flyleaf.

1917] Vital Records of Saco and Biddeford, Me. 131

David Sawyer of Scarborough and Hepsabeth Davis of Biddiford Intends
Marriage Fe b 25 1737

Josiah Norton and Elizabeth Steward both of Biddiford Intends Marriage
Fe»> 25 1737

John Fletcher & Elisabeth Simson Both of Biddiford Intends Marriage
Biddiford Decern 1 3* 1737

Richard Clay and Rachel Pennell both of Biddiford Intends Marriage Biddi-
ford March 18 1736/7

Samuel Haley and Sarah Hilton both of Biddiford Intends Marriage Biddi-
ford Apr" 22 1738

M r Humphry Scammon of Biddiford and M™ Susanna Shapley of Kittery
Intend Marriage Biddiford August 6 th 1738

James Edgcomb y» Son of Thomas & Sarah Edgcomb was Born Nov r 28th 1734
Christian Favour y 8 Daughter of Nathaniel & Elizabeth Favour was Born

May 31 1734
Elizabeth Townsend y 8 Daughter of Isaac and Mary Townsend was Born

May 4*h 1731
Abigal Cole the Daughter of Samuel and Esther Cole Was Born June 10th 1734
Samuell Jordan the Son of Samuel Jordan & Olive Jordan was Born April 5 th

1729
Tristram Jordan the Son of Samuell Jordan and Olive Jordan was Born

May 13»i» 1731
Anna Townsend y 8 Daughter of Isaac and Mary Townsend was Born Feb-
ruary y 8 9* h 1734/5
Joel Smith the Son of Joel Smith and Sarah Smith was Born June 29 th 1734
Mary Jordan the Daughter of Samuell Jordan and Olive Jordan was Born

July 29*^ 1735
Hannah Edgchome y 8 Daughter of Thomas and Sarah Edgchome was Born

Ap» 20 1735
Elizabeth Thompson the Daughter of James & Lienie Thompson was Born

13*h March 1732/3
Samuel Thompson the Son of James & Lienie Thompson was Born 2£ March

1734/5
Thomas Favour the Son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Favour was Born

Decern 1 7* 1735
Samuel Prockter the Son of Edward Prockter and Abigal Prockter was Born

Augt 20 1733
H annah Prockter the Daughter of Edward Prockter and Abigal Prockter was

Born December 26th 1735
Rachel Pendexter y 8 Daughter of Henry and Deborah was Born April 9 th 1736
Paul Pendexter y 8 Son of Henry and Deborah Pendexter was Born Ocf 21

1737
Nathaniel Smith y 8 Son of Daniel and Rebeckah Smith was Born January y 8

29 1732
Elexander Smith y 8 Son of Daniel and Rebeckah Smith was Born May 3 d 1734
Noah Smith y e Son of Daniel and Rebeckah Smith was Born May 11th 1735
Hannah Fletcher y 8 Daughter of Pendleton and Hannah Fletcher Jun r was

Born July 30 1730
Pendleton Fletcher y 8 Son of Pendleton Fletcher Jun r and Hannah Fletcher

was Born January 12th 1732
Abigail Fletcher y 8 Daughter of Pendleton Fletcher Jun r and Hannah Fletcher

was Born Decern 1, 20th 1736
John y 8 Son of Thomas and Sarah Edgcomb was Born May 25 th 1738
Rebcekah the Daughter of Jonathan and Pheba Emery was Born Nov 22 1739
Sarah Sheaperd y 8 Daughter of Mark and Hannah Sheaperd was Born

July 1 st Anno Domini 1736

VOL. LXXI. 9

132 Vital Records of Saco and Biddeford, Me. [April

William Rumery the Son of Edward and Sarah Rumery was Born February 3 d

day 1737
Richard Clay the Son of Richard and Rachel Clay was Born the 3 d of June

1739
Jonathan Rumery the Son of Edward and Sarah Rumery was Born the first

day of February Anno Domini 1731
Thomas Rumery the Son of Edward and Sarah Rumery was Born the twenty

seventh of December Anno Domini 1733
William the Son of Samuel & Rebekah Cole Was Born October 16 1719
James Plaisted Hill the Son of Sam" and Sarah Hill was Born Decern 1 4th 1739
Samuel the Son of Thomas and Sarah Edgcomb was Born Aug* 21 1739
Samuel Scammon the Son of Samuel Scammon Jun r & Mehitebal was Born

September 3 d 1738
I Charity Edgcomb the Daughter of Robert & Sarah Edgcomb was Born

Oct r 6th 1735
Jonathan the Son of Jonathan & Pheba Emery was Born Aug* 12 1737
David the Son of Nathan & Lydia Whitney was Born April 8 1732
Abel the Son of Nathan & Lydia Whitney was Born Aug* 20th 1734
Lydia the Daughter of Nathan and Lydia Whitney was Born Dec r 11 1736
Sarah the Daughter of Nathan and Lydia Whitney was Born August 15 1739
Thomas Fletcher the Son of Pendleton Fletcher Jun r and Hannah Fletcher

was Born October the 24 1739
John Favour the Son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Favour was Born December

the 28 1740
Mary Bradbury the Daughter of Crisp and Mary Bradbury was Born

August the 16th 1740
Ephraim Stimson the Son of Richard & Elizabeth Stimson was Born Decern 1,

y 6 10 1717

Elexander Smith y 6 Son of Daniel and Rebeckah Smith Deceas d May 28 1734
Noah Smith y e Son of Daniel & Rebeckah Smith Deceas" 1 July 15th 1738

Edward Chatman of Biddeford and Elisabeth Lebby of Battery Intend
Marraige Biddeford Sep r 2 1738

Ebenezer Watson of Arundel & Rebeccah Cole of Biddeford Intend Marriage
Biddeford December 30th 1738

Stephen Hussey of Biddeford and Mary Caane of Dover Intend Marriage
Biddeford January 6th 1738/9

M r Ivorey Hovey Junior of Topsfield and M re Olive Jordan of Biddeford
Intend Marriage Biddeford January 20th 1738/9

M r Samuel Hill and M ra Sarah Jordan both of Biddeford Intend Marriage
Biddeford January 20th 1738/9

John Carter of Scarborough and Hannah Sands Of Biddeford Intend Marriage
Biddeford January 27 1738

Michal Brooks of Biddeford and Joannah Colwell of Kittery Intend Marriage
Biddeford Feby 17 1738

Benje Hill of Biddeford and Anna Hayes of Cacheacha Intend Marriage
Biddeford March 24th 1738

Jacob Derben of Biddiford and Rachel Carter of Scarborough Intend Mar-
riage Biddeford Apr' 28 1739

James Sands and Hannah Durell both of Biddeford Intend Marriage Bidde-
ford May 1739

Ezra Davis and Sarah Edgcomb both of Biddeford Intend Marriage Bidde-
ford May 19th 1739

John Thompson of Scarborough and Sarah Mains of Biddeford Intend Mar-
riage Biddeford May 26th 1739

James Prat and Marget Emery both of Biddeford Intend Marriage Biddeford
June 10th 1739

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John Sillea of Biddeford & Hannah Seavey of Scarborough Intend Marriage
Biddeford Octob 1 1739

James Berry & Marey Philbrook Intend Marriage Biddeford Nov 1 1739

Theophelous Smith of Biddeford & Olive Libby of Scarboroug Intend Mar-
riage Biddeford January 17 1739

Ephraham Stimson & Marey Perry both of Biddeford Intend Marriage Bidde-
ford June 23: 1739

Joseph Dyer & Abigail Haley both of Biddeford Intend Marriage Biddeford
June 23«» 1739

Joseph Hill of Biddeford & Amme Johnson of Kittery Intend Marriage
Biddeford July 29 1739

William Cole & Elisabeth Tarbox Both of Biddeford Intend Marriage Bidde-
ford aprel 27 day 1740

John Brooks & Eliner Libby Both of Biddeford Intend Marriage Biddeford
Aug* 1740

Edmund Littlefield & Mary Davis Both of Biddeford Intend Marriage Bidde-
ford Sept 20th 1740

Thomas Gillpartrik & Margret Meins both of Biddeford Intend Marriage
Biddeford Oc* 27 1740

Whyatt Moore & Elisabeth Whormwood Both of Biddeford Intend Marriage
Biddeford Nov r 16 1740

Dominicous Scamman & Rebeccah Smith Boath of Biddeford Intend Mar-
riage Biddeford June 13 1741

John Smith of Biddeford & Rebeccah Day of Cape-Pan Intend Marriage
Biddeford June 27 1741

Robert Patterson Jun r of Biddeford & Mary Hasty of Scarborough Intend
Marriage Biddeford Aug* 1 1741

Thomas Haley of Biddeford & Abigal Hill of Arundel Intend Marriage
Biddeford August 8 1741

[To be continued]

RECORD OF DEATHS KEPT BY MANUEL KTNNE
OF PLAINFIELD, CONN.

Communicated by Judge John Eben Pbioe of Moosup, Conn.

The following records have been copied from a notebook kept by
Manuel Kinne of Plainfield, Conn., who died in that town 31 July
1828, in the eighty-eighth year of his age.

Manuel Kinne Now begun to Keep a Lists of the Deaths of Plainfield
January 1 d AD 1799

Mr Benjamin Gallup Wife

Mr Squire Cady Wife

Mr Willam Perce grand Childe

Mr Joseph Boide

Mr Selvester Perce Child

Mr Cornell Dafter

Mr Ceazer Perce

Mr James Mackfield Wife

Mr Air Philips

Mr Jeduthen Stephans

Febuary

March

April

May

213 [sic]

July

134

Record of Deaths at Plainfield, Conn.

[April

August 3 Capt Isaac Gallup Starlin*

30 Mrs Widdow Parcust Dafter

Septembr 6 Doct Elisha Perkins New York

October 21 Mr Stephan Wflbowf Son

December 7 Mrs Widdow Marten

15 Mr David Hall Child

23 Mr Wilbowt Child

December 31 Day AD 1799 No- 16 [sic] Deaths

Plainfield January 1 d AD 1800 a Lasts of the Deaths this year

13 Mr Lemuell Perce grand Child

Febuary 24 Mr Money Child

April 15 Mr Nathan Harris

17 Mr Jonas Whealer

May 3 Mr Perry Clarke

6 Mr Waterman Shepard Child

19 Mr Samuel Herrick
July 5 Mr Charles Miller

27 Mr Elias Woodard Dator

Septem 6 Mr James Gordon grand Child

20 Mr Colvegrove Wife
29 Mr John Hun

October 21 Mr Gordon Starlin* Deacon

.22 Mr Abraham Boid

Decembr 12 Mr Walter Palmer Child

13 Mr Walter Palmefr] Wife

25 Mr Jonathan Hall

December 31 Day AD 1800 No- 16 [sic] Deaths

January 1 d AD 1801 a Lists of the Deaths this year

Mr Jothan Warren Child

Mrs Widdow Mash M Ch

Mr John Gallip Starlin*

Mrs Widdow Burten

Mrs Widdow Philips

Mr Waterman Shepard Child

Mr Jeff Child

Mr Simeon Shepard Child

Mr Umpstid Child

Mr Jeff Siras

Mr Samuel Spalding Son

Mr Branches Wife

Mr Moses Branches Wife

Mr Collings

Mr Kinsmon Dafter

Mr Andrew Duglis Child

Mr Phinas Perce

John Gallup Member Church

Mr James Bradford Esq
December 31 AD 1801 No- 18 [sic] Deaths

Plainfield January the 1 day AD 1802 a Lists of the Deaths this year
2 Mr Samuel Coper

Feb 1 Mr Samuel Starnes Child

4 Mr Samuel Starnes Wife

4 Mr Dea Matsson Child

• I.e., the town of Sterling.
t I.e., Wilbur.

Plainfield
February 5

April

May
June
July

9
17
August 25
September 16
26
October
November 1
Decern 10

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Record of Deaths at Plainfield, Conn.

135

/■

21 Mr William Cutler
March 7 Mr Duglis Parks Child

11 Mr Samuel Coper Child

31 Mr Benjamin gary Child

Aug 16 Mr Benjamin gary Child

18 Mr David Waters Child

29 Mr John Addims Child
June 2 Mr Benjamin Prier Child

22 Mr gustis Bester Child

23 Mr gustis Bester Wife
July 14 Mr Levi Kinne Child
Aug 31 Mr Sephas Nickles Wife
Sep 27 Mr Abel Andris Dafter

30 Mr Joseph Nicols Dafter
Octo 15 Mr Andrew Duglis Child

16 Mr Mashs Mother

27 Mr Jacks Child

28 Mr Henary Austin
Nove 10 Mr Deon Nites Wife
Decern 15 Mr William Harris Child

December 31 Day No 24 Deaths

Plainfield January the 1 Day AD 1803 A Lists of the Deaths this year

Decemb 11

Feb

March
April

June

July
Aug
Septem

Nov

Plainfield
Febu 103

March
May
June
July

Augut

Sept

Octob

4
19
13
11
23
24
10
12
5
3
20

Mrs Mehitibel Dean
Mr James Phillips Child
Mr Thomas Bennit
Mr Medbury Wife
Mr Sessings Lester Child
Mr Samuel Duglis Child
Mr Willard Perce Dafter
Mr Josiah Harris
Mr Pinknottel Wife
Mr Benjamin Prier Dafter
Decon Hopkins Wife and Child
Mr Benjamin Whealer
Mrs Widdow Park
Mr Midlington Wife
Mr Calip hall Wife
Mrs Widdow Kingsbury
Mr Uriah Keay Child
December 30 Day AD 1803 No- 18

January 1 Day AD 1804 A Lists of the Deaths this year
[sic] Mrs Judy Whitney negro woman year 100 old [hur age
103 written above date.)

Mr Nathan Robition*

Mr Moses Branch Dafter

Mr Judg Shepard

Mr[s] Widdow Knight

Mr Timothy Parkis Wife

Mr Joseph Lester Child

Mr Joseph Cory Child

Mr Augustis Bestor Child

Mrs Betsey Fuller

Minester Morgin

Mr Stephen Clark Son

* I.e.! Robinson.

136

Record of Deaths at Plainfidd, Conn.

[April

Mr Fishor Child
30 Mrss Widdow Neavins

Novemb 5 Mrss Widdow Rode Dafter

26 Mr Zeblon Parkis Child

20 Mr Willam Ingram who died at New York

December 31 Day AD 1804 No 17 Deaths

Plainfield January 1 Day AD 1805 A Lists of the Deaths this year

Febua

March

April

May

June

July

Sept

Octob

Novebr

Plainfield

Janur

Febu

March

April

May

June

Aug

Sept

Octob

Nove

Dec

Child

Mrs Widow how
Mr Frie Child

Mr Willam Robition* Member
Mr Picket Childe
Mr Baker Child
Mr Lewing
Mr Nemiah Park
Mr John Kinne Wife Worthington
Mr Robart Dunlop Wife
Mr Fisher Child
Mr Benjamin Andris Child
Mrs Hannah Cato
Mr Samuel Coper Child
Mr Andrew Spalding Wife
December 31 Day AD 1805 No 14 [sic] Deaths

January 1 Day AD 1806 A Lists of the Deaths this Year
Mrs Widow Gollings
Mr Hammit Dafter
Mr Herick Child
Mr Jabez Starkwether Dafter
Mr John Philips
Mr Andrew Spalding
Mrs Widdow Clarke
Mr Rothbones two Cildren
Mr Owings Wife
Mr Jabez Starkwether Dafter
Mr Moses Park Died at sea
Esq Dunlop Wiff
Mr Bennidick Dafter
Mr Isiah Cory
Mr Clarke
Mr Drouns Childe
Mr Greanes Childe
Mr Cannidy Child
Mr James two Childrin
Mrs Olive Brier
Mr Abner Harris Child
Mr Benjamin Prier Son
Mr Drowne
Mr Days Child
Mr Abner Harris Child
one Ingin Woman found Dead
Mr Abner Harris Childrin
Mr John Shepard Child
No 30 December 31 Day AD 1806

Plainfield January 1 d AD 1807 a lists of the Deaths this year

9 Mr Kinsley Wife

I.e., Robinson.

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Record of Deaths at Plainfield, Conn.

137

Mrs Widdow Stevens

Mr Nathanil Kinne Child

Mr Purkins Wife

{'■■
t

Mr Jobe Parkis Wife

Febu

Mr Peter Smiths Wife

Mr Places Child

March

Mr Colvin Child

April

Mr Elish Parke Childe

Mr Nathanil Kinne Drowned

'■

Mr Gilmores Wife

Mr Silas Bailey Wife

Mr William Smiths Wife

June

Mr Collinges Wife

July

Mr Apley Child

May

Mr Ceard Died at sea

July

Mrs Mary how-

Sept

Mr Newport Wife

Mr Stephan Spalding

Octobr

Mr Sails Astin Wife

Mr Daniel Fisher Wife

Mr James Kinne Volintown

Decern

Mrs Lyda Morgin
AD 1807 No 21 [sic] Deaths

A Lists of the Deaths this year Plainfield January 1 d AD 1808

;

Mrs Widdow. Morgin

Mr Rusel Wood

Mr John Hall

Febur

Doct Ebnezar Robition*

•

Mr Hezekiah Spalding

Mr John Hun Child

Mr Wilbowf Wife

■

Mr David Kinne Ag 71

March

Mrs Widow Cady

Mr John Dunlop Child

Mr John Strannihorn

April

Mr William Harris Son

Mr Caleb Hall Jur Wife

May

Mrs Widow Shepard Ag 99

Mrs Widow Harris

June -

Mr John French

Aug

Mr Burley Child

Sept

Mr Fading Wife

Mrs Deziah Jones

Oct

Mr Simon Parkis Son

Mr William Spalding Wife

Mr Hart of Preston

Mr Lester Negro Boy

Nov

Mrs Widdow Perce

Mrs Widdow Bradford

Mr Jurdons Child

Decemb

Mr Samuel giles Wife

Mr Zip Waltion grand Child

April

Mrs hannah Brown
the No 28 [sic] of year AD 1808

* I.e., Robinson.

t I.e., Wilbur.

138

Record of Deaths at Plainfield, Conn.

[April

A Lists of the Deaths this year Plainfield January 1 d AD 1809

Mr Manuel Kinne Wife

Mr Eales Dafter

Febur

Mr Spencer Cole Wife

Mr Ebnezar Williams

Mr Simon Cutler Child

March

Mr Ceazer Parkhest Son

April

Mr Walter Palmer Child

May

Mr Oliver Parkis Child

Mr peter Smith Dafter

Mr Spalding grand Child

June

Mr John Shepard

July

Mr Nathanel Philips Wife

Mr Abaham Shepard

Mr Wilcocks

Aug

Mr Levi Robition* Child

Sept

Mr John Duglis Esq

October

Mr Jabez Starkwether Wife

Mrs Mary Starkwether

Mrs Widdow Gallop

Mr William Dixon Esq

Novem

Mrs Widdow Parkhist

Mr Green

Mr Whiting Child

Mr Whitings Child

Decern

Mrs Marcy Spalding
D: 31 the No- 25 Deaths year AD 1809

A Lists of the Deaths this year Plainfield January 1 d AD 1810

Mr Zip Waltion two grand childdren

Esq Dunlop

Mrs Mehitable French

March •

Mr Jery Shepard

January

Mr Roathbone Wife

April

Mr Feach Wife

Mr Ebenezar Dow Starlingt

June

Mr Robition* Negro Woman

July

gordon Black Childe

August

Mr William Hall Wife

Mr Dea Spalding Childe

Mr Sessions Lester Child

Septem

Mr goff Child

Mr Filer of Preston

August

Mr Frewmans Child

Mrs Lucy Eaton

Mr Rothbon Son

Octobr

Mr goff Dafter

Mr Elisha Parks Cild

Mr Willam Cornell

Mr Asa Philips Wife

Mr Simon Shepard Dafter

Novembr

Mr Waldow Wife

Capt Nathanel Cogswell Preston In 97 year age

Mr John WilbowJ

• I.e., Robinson.

t I.e., the town of Sterling.

t I.e., Wilbur.

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139

19 Mr Isaac Nights Son

26 Mr Ephraim Jones Wife
Decern 1 Mr Lemuell Parkest

27 Mrs Widdow Duglis

31 December 31 d No- 27 [sic] Deaths this year AD 1810

a lists of the Deaths this year Plainfield January 1 d AD 1811

January

Mr Manuel Kinne Wife

Mr Benjamin gary Wife

Mr Holton child

Febu

Mr William Wilbw*

. 7

Doct Weles

Mr Waterman Shepard Child

March

Mr Huston Benedict Child

Mr Jabith Starkwether Dafter

Mr Samuel parkhest

Mrs Eunice Kinne Volintown

Mrs Widdow Robitionf

Mr Simeon Jones Child

April

Mr John Hestin Child

Mr John Hestin Wife

Mrs Widdow parkhest

April

Mr John Kinne of Worthington in his age 82

June

Mr Ingraham

July

Mr Zebulon Whippel

Mrs Widdow Willams

Mr William Duglis

Sept

Mr Silas Baley Child

Octob

Mr Cranson Lewin Child

Mr Nickels Child

Mr Pickits Wife

Nove

Mr John Shepard

July and August

two other persons

Nove

Mrs Widdow Wilbows* Dafter

Deem

Mr Walles Wife

Mrs Widdow Ingraham

Mr Keays boy
Mr green

Mr Lemuell Perce Wife

October

Mr John Duglis Child
December 31 d AD 1811 No 32 [sic]

Plainfield January 1 d AD 1812

Mr Hubard Child

Febu

Mr Elder Cole Father

Mr Elisher Dow Child

March

Mr Selvester Perce Wife

Mrs Widdow Philips

Febuy

Mr Ales Creary

May

Mr Isaac Nights Wife

June

Mr Garner Child

Mr Elisha Park

Mr Ranford Parkins Child.

July

Mr Garner

August

4 .

Mr Reuben Cott Child

Mr John James Child

• I.e.,

Wilbur.

t I.e.,

Robinson.

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[April

Mrs Widdow Parks Child

Mr Loring Crosby Child

Mr Ruben Scott Child

Mr Duglis parkes Child

Mr hutchsion Falin

Mr Aaron Crary Wife

Mr Nickels Child

Mr Elias Dean Child

Mr Macel Wife, of Hand[iKe^i6fe] 4$ clock Boston

State
Mr Varnims Childe
Mr Bridge
Mr Sweat
Mrs Widdow Lord
Mr Night Spalding Child
Mr Hejoitthan Parkhest
Mr Varning Child
December 31 d AD 1812 No 29

the Deaths this year AD 1813 Plainfield 1 d AD 1813

Mr William Hall Childs

Mr Pickets Child

Mr Spencer Kinne Wife Preston

Mr Timothy Perce

Mr Joiles Dafter

Mr Da[iUegible]ye3 Wife

Mrs Anna Shepard

Mr Simon Shepard

Mrs Widdow Andris

Mr John Duglis Child

Mr Samuel Garner

Mr James Philips Child

Mr Duglis Parks Child

Mr Andrew Duglis Child

Mr Port Hall Child

Mr Elisha Branch Dafter

Mr Roazel Philips

Mr Joseph gears

Mr Ephrahn Jones

Mr Elas Fish Wife

Mr John Webb Childe

Mr Benjmin Andris Child

Mr Stephan Whealer Wife

Mr Sessons Lester Wife

Mr Night Spalding Wife

Mr Daniel Whealer Dafter

Mr Waterman Shepard

Mr Asa Philips Dafter

Mr James Goff Wife

Mr Jobe Shepard Child

Mr Jobe Parkhest

Mr Joseph Nicholds Wife
December 31 d AD 1813 No 31 [sic] Deaths

A Lists of the Deaths this year AD 1814 Plainfield January 1 d AD 1814
7 Mr Thomas Simmons Son

7 Mr Philip Kinyons Dafter

7 Mrs Widdow Varnim

Sept

October

Sep

November 7

Decembr

A Lists of

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

Septem

October

Novembr

Decern

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141

January

Febuary

March

Febu

April

May

June

July
August

Septem

August
Octobr

24
26
26
30
2
7
14
14
15
2
25
26
14
1
6
20
28
3
4
23
2
10
23
27
November 3
17

• I.o., Wilbur.

Mr John Cleaveland Child

Mr Sals Spaldings Child

Mr Benjamin Gary Child

Deacon Lefingwell Wife

Mr Varnims Wife

Mr Selvestor Perce

Mr Amos Whitting Wife

Mr Daniel Davis Wife

Mrs Widdow Parkhest

Mr Coshingmen Child

Decons Masons Child

Mr Thomas Dixon Child

Mr Stephan Wilbow* Wife

Mr Stephan Wilbow*

Mr Joseph Wilbow*

Mr Abner Wflbow*

Mrs happy Wilbow*

Mr Esquire Cady Child

Mrs Widdow Whelor

Mr Jacub Barrit Son

Mr Ezeakel gary

Mr James goff

Mrs Widdow Barrit

Mr Timothy Lester Black man

Mrs Widdow Wals Son

Mr Thomas Heard

Mr Spalding

Mr Elder Purkings

Mr Elisha Clark Son

Mr Peter Simmons

Mr Daniel humphra

Mr herrington Wife

Mr Burton Brigs Son

Mr Thomas S imm ons Wife

Mr Peter Barnes Wife

Mr Condal

Mr Peter Barnes

Mrs Widdow Spalding

Mr Amos Branch Cild

Mr Jobe Haill Son

Mr Hinkley Child

Mr John Medbuary Child

Mr John Duglis Child

Mr Dragg

Mr Jesse Cook Child

Mr Kinsbry Wife

Mr Jobe Haill Son

Mr Decon Lefingwell

Mr two children Drowned

Mr Ruben Scott Child

Mr Burley Child

Mr Elcaney Eaton Child

Mrs Widdow Harris

Mr Blisses Child

Mr Walter Palmer Dafter

Mr Ephraim Medbury Child

142

Record of Deaths at PMnfield, Conn.

[April

Decemb

Mr Thomas Dow Franklin* Ag 42

Mr Walter Palmer Child

Mr Calep Hall

Mr Isaac Nights Dafter
December 31 d AD 1814 No 63 [sic] Deaths

AD 1815 Plainfield January 1 d AD 1815

Febuay

Mrs Widdow Cole

March

Mrs Widdow Duglis

April

Mr Jabez Sarkwether

May

Mr Timothy Parkhest

June

Mr Edward Hill Dafter

Mr Holding Wife

Mr Samuel Spalding Son

Mr Blakes Dafter

Mrs Widdow Wibowf

July

Mr Olding Child

Octobr

t Mrs Widow Paighn Dafter

Novemb

Mrs Widow RobitionJ

Mr Eales Son

Mr John Gary found Dead in Moosups river

Mr Henary Dow Son

Mr Deacon Warren

Mrs Widow Beckes

December

Mrs Widow Starwether

Mr Day

Mr Charles Philips Child

Mr Port hall Wife

Mr Reuben Spalding Wife
December 31 d AD 1815 No 22 Deaths

A lists of the Deaths this year Plainfield January 1 d AD 1

Mrs Olive Dean

Mr Weaver Two children

Mr John Prier Child

Mr Feach Child

Mrs Widdow Shepard

February

Dea Masons Wife

Mr Hezekiar Hall Jun r

Mrs Widdow Spalding

Revent Benedit§ 11J clock at Night Ag 72

Mr Stephon Miller at Bradfors

Mr Sessons Lester Negro woman

Mr William Alsbow

March

Mr Philip Kinyon Wife

April

Mr Potter Childe

Mr Elkiney Eatons Child

May

old cuntryman

Mrs Widdow Herick

June

Mr Shippe Son

Mr Spencer Kinne griswold|| In 86 age

Capt Clark Dafter

• I.e., the town of Franklin.

t I.e., "Wilbur.

1 I.e., Robinson

| Rev. Joel Benedict.

fl I.e., the town of Griswold.

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143

August

Mr pamer Hall Wife
Mr Ephraim Whealer Wife
Mr Perce Parkiest Child
Mr Bowing

Mr Daniel Philips Daf ter
Mrs Widow Parkhest

Mr Elijah Waden griswold* at 2 clock ag 83
Mr Joseph Whipel Son
December 31 d AD 1816 No 29 Deaths
Deacon Baxter Pomfret 27 d

a lists Plainfield January 1 d AD 1817 Deaths
Mr Edward Hill Dafter
Mr Wales Dafter
Mr John Duglis Nego woman
Deacon Andns Ag 62
Mrs Widdow Shepard
Mr Newport Hall
Mr Daniel Perce
Mr Samuel Warren Cild
Mr Elias Parkis Child
Mr Wilson Wife and child
Mr Hails Son

Mrs Widdow Dow Franklinf age 44
Mr Philip Spalding
Mr Lemuell Spalding Wife
Mr Ives Child
Mr Rogers Wife
Mr William Perce
Mrs Widdow gallup Starling Ag 87
Capt Canidy Dafter
Mr Cornell
December 31 d AD 1817 No 20 [sic] Deaths

lists of the Deaths this year Plainfield January 1 d AD 1818

Mr george Webb Wife
Mr Thomas Simons
Mr John Apley
Mr Walton Dafter child
Mr Joseph Shepard
Mr John Duglis Child
Mr Joshua Webb Wife
Mrs Widdow Dixon
Mr Hinkley Wife
Dr Isaac Night
Mr Stephen Hall Ag 98
Mrs Widdow Gray
Mr Hazzard Child
Mr Capt Branches Dafter
Mr Ephraim Medbury Wife
Mr Ezra Cark Wife
Capt Cole age 74
Mr Abigor Dan§ Wife
Plainfield December 31 AD 1818 No 18

* I.e., the town of Griswold.
t I.e., the town of Franklin.
| I.e., the town of Sterling.
§ I.e., Dean.

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144 Descendants of Samuel Hyde [April

Plainfield December 31 d AD 1818 the Deaths that Manuel Kinne kept a
count of is the number of Persons 516 [sic]

Plainfield March AD 1814 the grate storme of hale and Rain and Ice that
the ground was covered with lims and Trees In Sum Places

Plainfield September 23 d AD 1815 the grate Storm of Rain so that and
Wind so that Blew over Buldings and our Meating House* and Trees In all
Directtions and Rained Salt Water and Blew it from Providence and Salted
the Winders glass In Plainfield

Plainfield March 7 d AD 1820 grate Storm of hale and Raine for four Days
and Lodded the Trees so that theay Bent Down With Ice and Broke Down
a grate Many Trees In Many places this I have seen Manuel Kinne

Plainfield April and May AD 1820 Cold and Drye Backyard Spring Littel
or know Rain the 30 Day of May one Shower of Rain and know More Rain
Till the 14 d of July and then come good shower and by this Time corn oats
grass In a sufering condition this is the Driest time that Ever I Remember
of seing is not Rain nuff to lay the Dust all the While Back Not half the hay
cut this year as I have seen Before In years past Manuel Kinne

: FOUR GENERATIONS OF DESCENDANTS

OF
SAMUEL HYDE OF NEWTON, MASS.

[ By Hon. William Henby Harrison Stowell of Amherst, Mass.

Two brothers, Samuel and Jonathan Hyde, were among the early
settlers in that part of Cambridge, Mass., which was known as
Cambridge Village and which in 1691 became the town of Newton.
In studying the history of these brothers and their descendants the
compiler of this article found many errors in printed statements,
these errors arising chiefly from the fact that many Hydes with the
same Christian name lived in the same neighborhood at about the
■ • same time.f In some cases wives and children had been incorrectly

assigned to husbands and fathers, and the numerous Hyde inter-
marriages made the family history still more complicated and in-
creased the chances for mistakes. It seems desirable, therefore, to
publish a correct genealogy of the descendants of these two brothers
for four generations. The present article gives the family of the
elder brother, Samuel Hyde, and a longer article, which will appear
in one or more future numbers of the Register, will treat of the family
of the younger brother, Jonathan Hyde.

1. Dea. Samuel 1 Hyde was born, probably in England, about
1610, t and died at Cambridge Village (now Newton), Mass., 12 Sept.
1689, aged 79. He embarked in the ship Jonathan, from London for

* The Congregational church, -which was then being built. It has been replaced by
the present stone edifice.

t At Canterbury, Conn., five Jonathan Hydes were living at the same time. To
Mrs. Mary Lovering Holman, a genealogist of Boston, Mass., is due the credit for
straightening out the Connecticut tangle and for compiling that part of the genealogy.

t He deposed in 1662, aged "42 yeares or there abouts." (Register, vol. 32, p. 409.)

1917] Descendants of Samuel Hyde 145

Boston, in Apr. 1639, and settled at Cambridge Village* about 1640.
He married Temperance — , who probably came to New Eng-
land in the same ship with him.

With his younger brother, Jonathan, who also came over in the
same ship with" him, Samuel Hyde bought 40 acres of land in 1647
from Thomas Danforth and 200 acres in 1652 from the heirs of Na-
thaniel Sparhawk. This land was held in common by the two brothers
until 3 May 1661, when it was divided between them. (Middlesex
Deeds, vol. 3, fo. 321.) Samuel Hyde was admitted as freeman
2 May 1649. As one of the proprietors of Billerica he had 80 acres
there in the division of 1652, and Middlesex records show that
Samuel Hides of Cambridge conveyed seven pieces of land to various
parties between 1659 and 1682.

According to his will, dated 10 June 1689 and proved 1 Oct. 1689,
his grandson Samuel was to take the homestead and provide for the
widow, Temperance. After her death his farm at Watertown, of 124
acres, was to be divided among three of the children of his son Job,
viz., Samuel, John, and Sarah. The testator confirmed previous
gifts to his son Samuel and his son-in-law Thomas Woolson, and made
his wife Temperance sole executor and his brother Jonathan and
Thomas Woolson overseers. (Middlesex Probate Files, 11279.)
Children, born at Cambridge:

i. Samuel, 2 b. in 1640; d. at Newton 22 July 1725; perhaps m. in
Boston, 7 Jan. 1722/3, Prudence Swanton, who m. (2) (inten-
tion recorded in 1728) William Gray.

ii. Joshua, b. 12 Mar. 1641/2; d. at Cambridge 21 Apr. 1656, aged 14.
2. ill. Job, b. in 1643.

iv. Sarah, b. 19 May 1644; d. at Sudbury 11 Sept. 1721; m. at Cam-
bridge, 20 Nov. 1660, Thomas Woolson of Watertown, who d.
abt. 1713. He resided for a while at Newton, and then settled at
Watertown Farms, (now Weston), where he bought several tracts
of land which he conveyed to his s. Joseph, except 30 acres to his
s. Thomas. He kept an inn from 1686 to 1708, and was selectman
in 1699, 1700, 1702, and 1703. In his will, in his own hand-
writing, dated 8 Dec. 1708 and proved 24 Apr. 1713, he mentions
eldest s. Thomas Woolson, s. Joseph Woolson, daughters Sarah
Bond, Elizabeth How, and Mary Jones, and wife Sarah, who is
named as executrix. (Middlesex Probate Files, 25623.) Chil-
dren, b. at Watertown: 1. Sarah, b. in 1661; m. at Watertown,
30 Sept. 1680, Thomas Bond, b. at Watertown 23 Dec. 1654, d.
there 17 Dec. 1704, s. of William and Sarah (Biscoe) ; six chil-
dren. 2. Thomas, b. 28 Feb. 1666/7; d. at Watertown 21 July
1723; m. there in 1693 Elizabeth Chadwick, b. there 8 May 1673;
three children. 3. Elizabeth, b. 30 Apr. 1668; m. at Sudbury,
3 Nov. 1686, John How, b. there 24 July 1664, s. of Samuel and
Martha (Bent). 4. Mary, b. 28 Nov. 1673; d. at Weston; m.
(1) at Watertown, 19 May 1700, Samuel Jones of Weston, b. at
Watertown 9 July 1677, d. there 6 Jan. 1717/18, s. of Josiah and
Lydia (Treadway) ; m. (2) at Weston, 1 Oct. 1724 ; as his second
wife, Maj. Francis Fulham of Weston; three children by first
husband. 5. Joseph, b. 16 Nov. 1677; d. at Watertown 16 May

1755; m. Hannah , who d. at Watertown 30 Apr. 1721;

six children. 6. Nathaniel (probably s. of Thomas and Sarah),
d. s.v. at Sudbury before his father; m. 28 Dec. 1709 Elizabeth
Reed, b. at Sudbury 16 Nov. 1687, dau. of Thomas and Mary.

* All places mentioned in this article are situated within the present limits of the
State of Massachusetts, unless another State or region is indicated in the text or may
be easily inferred from the context.

146 Descendants of Samuel Hyde [April

v. Elizabeth, d. at Newton 13 Mar. 1722/3; m. at Cambridge,
7 Mar. 1666/7, Humphrey Osland, shoemaker, who d. at New-
ton 19 June 1720. He resided at Cambridge and Newton, built
a house on his father Hyde's land, and signed the secession
petition in 1678. Children, b. at Cambridge: 1. Elizabeth, b.
25 Jan. 1667/8: m. at Newton, 11 Mar. 1692/3, as his second
wife, Nathaniel Wilson. They removed to Framingham. 2.
John, b. 10 Oct. 1669; d. at Newton 10 Jan. 1740 [? 1739/40];
m. in Boston, 14 Oct. 1697, his first cousin once removed, Sarah*
Hyde, b. at Cambridge 1 Apr. 1679, d. at Newton 14 June 1753,
aged 76, dau. of Jonathan 1 and Mary (Rediat) ; nine children. *
3. Hannah, d. at Newton 2 May 1704; m. there, 21 May 1696,
Dr. John Prentice, who d. at Newton 4 Jan. 1721 [? 1720/1], s.
of Thomas and Rebecca; six children. 4. Sarah, b. 23 Nov. 1683;
d. at Newton 28 Sept. 1743; m. Edward Prentice of Newton, con-
stable, who d. at Newton 16 Sept. 1724, s. of Thomas and Rebecca;
one child.

2. Job* Hyde (SamueP), born at Cambridge in 1643, died there
19 Nov. 1685, aged 42. He married Elizabeth Fuller, born
about 1647, died at Cambridge 28 Nov. 1685, daughter of
John and Elizabeth.

Since Job Hyde and his wife both died when their children
were young, the two grandfathers, Samuel Hyde and John
Fuller, cared for the children. On 6 Apr. 1686 a petition was
presented for the division of the estate of Job Hyde, because
if the grandfather, "Decon Hide," should die, the children
would be left with nothing. The children were given as
Samuel Hide, aged 19, Elizabeth, aged 15, Mary, aged 13,
Sary, aged 12, Bethia, aged 9, Ha nna h, aged 6, John, aged 4,
and Jonathan, aged 2. (Middlesex Court Files.) On
24 Dec. 1694 Bethia, a minor in her 17th year, daughter of
Job, chose her uncle, John Fuller, as guardian, Hannah, a
minor in her 14th year, daughter of Job, chose her uncle,
Jonathan Fuller, as guardian, Abraham Brown was appointed
guardian of John, a minor in his 13th year, and Jonathan
Hides was appointed guardian of Jonathan, a minor in his
11th year. (Middlesex Probate Records, vol. 8, fo. 585.) In
1694 administration on the estate of Job Hyde was granted to
John Fuller, and in Mar. 1694/5 division was made between
Elizabeth, wife of William Hide, Mary, wife of Abraham
Brown, Sarah, Bethia, Hannah, John, Jonathan (the youngest
son), and Samuel (the eldest son), Samuel taking the 40 acres
given to him by his father and paying to his brothers and sis-
ters £64, their share. (Middlesex Probate Files, 11245.)

Children, born at Cambridge:

i. Elizabeth,* b. 29 Aug. 1664; probably d. young.
3. ii. Samuel, b. 5 Mar. 1666/7.

iii. Job, b. 6 May 1669; probably d. young.

iv. Elizabeth, b. abt. 1671; d. at Newton 7 Apr. 1743; m. there, abt.
1689, her first cousin once removed, William 1 Hyde, b. at Cam-
bridge 12 Sept. 1662, d. at Newton 8 Dec. 1699, aged 37, s. of
Jonathan 1 and Mary (French). t

* Vide Descendants of Jonathan Hyde, 1, xix, to be published in a future issue of
the Register.
t Vide Descendants of Jonathan Hyde, 5.

1917] Descendants of Samuel Hyde 147

v. Mabt, b. 21 June 1673; d. at Watertown 29 Nov. 1723; m. in 1691
Capt. Abraham Brown of Watertown, b. 26 Aug. 1671, d. at
Watertown 27 Nov. 1729, s. of Jonathan and Mary (Shattuck).
He was town treasurer of Newton, 1695-1700, assessor, 1705-6
and 1708, town clerk, 1712, and selectman, 1712-1728. He was
an innkeeper, 1709-1712. Children, b. at Watertown: 1. Mary,
m. at Watertown, 31 Jan. 1709/10, George Cutting, b. there

26 Apr. 1686, s. of John and Susanna (Harrington); twelve
children. 2. Jonathan, b. in 1694; d. at Watertown 25 July
1758; m. Elizabeth Simmonds, b. in Nov. 1698, dau. of Joseph
and Mary; eight children. 3. Patience, bapt. 27 June 1697; m.
at Watertown, 25 Mar. 1714, Elisha Smith of Weston, b. 11 Jan.
1691/2, s. of Jonathan and Jane (Peabody) ; eight children. 4.
Lydia, b. 30 Dec. 1697; d. before 15 Dec. 1730; m. at Watertown,
2 Oct. 1716, Joseph Hastings, b. there 3 Jan. 1684/5, s. of Joseph
and Ruth (Rice); twelve children. 5. Hannah, b. 5 Oct. 1699;
d. at Watertown 3 Nov. 1775; m. there, 24 May 1720, Ebenezer
Bigelow, b. 4 Sept. 1698, d. in Cuba, s. of Joshua and Elizabeth
(Flagg); twelve children. 6. Abraham, b. 17 Oct. 1701; d. at
Watertown 29 June 1703. 7. Samuel, b. 21 July 1703; d. at
Stockbridge 17 Feb. 1784; m. at Watertown. in 1721, Mercy
Patterson, b. there 1 Sept. 1702, d. at Stockbridge 6 Mar. 1774,
dau. of Joseph and Mercy (Goodnow) ; eight children. 8. John,
b. 19 Apr. 1705; d. at Weston in 1784; m. (1) at Waltham,
20 July 1732, Abigail Bright, who d. at Waltham 4 May 1733,
dau. of Nathaniel and Mary (Coolidge); m. (2) at Waltham,
23 July 1734, Hannah (Bemis) Flagg/ b. at Watertown 3 Dec.
1705, dau. of John and Mary (Harrington) and widow of John;
one child by first wife and six children by second wife. 9. Grace,
b. 17 Aug. 1707; m. at Waltham, 26 Oct. 1737, David Child, b.

27 Dec. 1711, s. of Daniel and Beriah (Bemis); five children.
vi. Sarah, b. 2 Oct. 1675; d. at Newton 13 Mar. 1754; m. there,

2 Feb. 1696/7, her first cousin once removed, Daniel* Hyde, b.
at Cambridge in Jan. 1665/6, d. at Newton 3 Mar. 1735/6, s. of
Jonathan 1 and Mary (French).*
vii. Bethia, b. 24 Feb. 1678/9; m. (1) at Newton, 27 Apr. 1708, her
first cousin once removed, Jacob 2 Hyde, b. at Cambridge 9 Apr.
1687, d. in the army in Canada 17 July 1712, s. of Jonathan 1 and
Mary (Rediat);t m. (2) at Newton, 17 Mar. 1715 [? 1714/15]
Nathaniel Oliver, who d. before 25 Mar. 1728, when adminis-
tration of his estate was granted to his widow, Bethia, Joshua
Fuller being surety. (Middlesex Probate Files, 16221.) Child
by first husband: 1. Abraham, b. at Newton 22 Feb. 1708/9;
d. there 22 Mar. 1710/11. Child by second husband: 2. Mary,
b. at Cambridge 15 Sept. 1716; on 16 Nov. 1730 Thomas Spar-
hawk of Cambridge was appointed guardian of Mary Oliver,
minor, aged 15, dau. of Nathaniel Oliver of Cambridge, deceased.
(lb., 16222.)
viii. Hannah, b. 20 May 1680; d. at Newton 7 June 1720; m. her first
cousin once removed, Eleazeb 5 Hyde, b. at Cambridge 11 Mar.
1663/4, d. at Newton 30 Sept. 1731, s. of Jonathan 1 and Mary
(French). t

4.ix. John, b. 1 Feb. 1681/2.

5. x. Jonathan, b. 22 May 1684.

3. Ensign Samuel 3 Hyde (Job, 2 Samuel 1 ), born at Cambridge
5 Mar. 1666/7, died at Newton 27 May 1741. He married

Deliverance , born about 1667, died at Newton 10

Nov. 1741, aged 74.

* Vide Descendants of Jonathan Hyde, 7.

t Vide Descendants of Jonathan Hyde, 1, xxii.

I Vide Descendants of Jonathan Hyde, 6.

VOL. LXXI. 10

148

Descendants of Samuel Hyde

[April

He resided at Cambridge and at Newton, and was a select-
man of Newton for five years. In his will, made in 1738
and proved 13 June 1741, he mentions wife Deliverance and
children Deliverance Hide, Patience Jackson, Abigail Mur-
dock, Temperance Fuller, the children of son Nehemiah Hide,
deceased, and also granddaughter Margaret Stone. (Middle-
sex Probate Files, 11280.) The heirs of Samuel Hyde, who
were cited to appear in court in 1741, were William and De-
liverance Hyde, Joseph and Patience Jackson, Robert and
Abigail Murdock, Caleb and Temperance Fuller, Noah and
Margaret Shepard, and Robert Murdock as guardian of the
children of Nehemiah Hyde. (lb., 11228.)

Children, all except the first one born at Newton :

i. Deliverance, 4 b. at Cambridge 8 Oct. 1689; d. at Newton 15 Feb.
1754; m. at Watertown, 26 Mar. 1713, her second cousin once
removed, Lieut. William 8 Hyde, b. at Cambridge 30 Oct. 1690,
d. at Newton 9 Feb. 1754, s. of William* and Elizabeth (Hyde)
and grandson of Jonathan 1 and Mary (French) Hyde.*

ii. Pattence, b. 18 June 1691: d. at Newton 25 Oct. 1775, aged 84;
m. there, 28 Nov. 1717, Joseph Jackson, clothier and lawyer, b.
at Cambridge 6 Mar. 1690 [? 1689/90], d. at Newton 28 June
1768, aged 78, s. of Sebas and Sarah (Baker). Children, b. at
Newton: 1. Lydia, b. 20 Sept. 1718. 2. Timothy, b. 20 Apr.
1726; d. at Newton 18 June 1774, aged 49; m. there, 20 Feb.
1752, Sarah Smith, who d. at Newton 27 Nov. 1797; six children.

3. Dea. Joseph, b. 2 Aug. 1729; d. at Newton 9 Aug. 1803, aged
74; m. at Watertown, 11 Apr. 1754, his second cousin, Abigail
Brown, b. there 7 Dec. 1731, d. at Newton 16 Nov. 1815, aged 84,
dau. of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Simmonds);t seven children.

4. Patience, b. 21 Apr. 1734; m. at Newton, 1 Apr. 1762,
Thaddeus Spring of Newton, b. there 9 Apr. 1730, s. of William
and Abigail (Squire) ; three children.

iii. Prudence, b. and d. at Newton 29 Apr. 1693.

iv. Lydia, b. 8 June 1695; d. at Newton 3 Nov. 1718; m. there, 17 Dec.
1717, Dea. John Stone, b. at Newton 18 Sept. 1692, d. there
11 Jan. 1769, aged 76, s. of Ebenezer and Margaret (Trowbridge).
He m. (2) 4 Nov. 1719 Abigail Stratton of Watertown. He re-
sided at Framingham and Newton. Child: 1. Margaret, b. at
Framingham 24 Oct. 1718; d. at Newton 16 Mar. 1747 [? 1746/7];
m. there, 2 Aug. 1739, Noah Shepard; one child.

v. Abigail, b. 9 June 1698; d. at Newton 12 Aug. 1777, aged 77 years,
9 months [sic]; m. there, 5 Nov. 1719, Lieut. Robert Murdock,
b. at Roxbury 1 Feb. 1694/5, d. at Newton 11 Sept. 1762, aged
68, 8. of Robert and Hannah (Stedman) . Children, b. at Newton :
1; Joshua, b. 31 Dec. 1721; d. at Newton 3 July 1797; m. (1) at
Newton (intention recorded 17 Mar. 1744/5) Esther Child of
Brookline, who d. at Newton 30 Mar. 1755, aged 30; m. (2) at
Newton, 17 June 1756, Esther Greenwood, b. at Newton 7 Oct.
1731, d. there 9 Mar. 1809, dau. of Lieut. Josiah and Phoebe
(Stearns); six children by first wife and eight children by second
wife. 2. Hannah, b. 22 May 1725. 3. Samuel, b. 28 May 1726:
d. at Newton 15 Oct. 1749, aged 24; m. there (intention recorded
20 Aug. 1749) Hannah Woodward, b. at Newton 6 May 1726,
dau. of Jonathan and Thankful (Mirick). 4. Elizabeth, b. 27 May
1731; d. at Newton 19 Aug. 1769, aged 38; m. there, 20 Dec.
1750, Capt. Jeremiah Wiswall, a Revolutionary soldier, b. at New-
ton 27 Oct. 1725, d. there 29 May 1807, aged 82, s. of Capt.
Noah and T hankf ul (Fuller); resided at Oak Hill, Newton; six
children.

' Tid« Descendants of Jonathan Hyde, 13.
t Vide supra, 2, v, 2.

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vi. Temperance, b. 16 July 1700; d. at Newton 25 Aug. 1749; m.
there, 20 Jan. 1724/5, Caleb Fuller, b. at Newton 24 Feb.
1701/2, d. there 21 Feb. 1770, aged 68, s. of John and Abigail
(Boylston). He m. (2) at Watertown, 27 Dec. 1750, Mary
Hovey. Children, b. at Newton: 1. Ephraim, b. 31 Dec. 1725;
d. at Newton 19 Nov. 1772, aged 47; m. there, 6 Nov. 1746,
Esther Warren, b. at Newton 28 Nov. 1727, d. there 11 May
1800, dau. of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Hyde); five children. 2.
Nehemiah, b. 16 Sept. 1727; d. at Newton 6 Aug. 1735. 3.
William, b. 2 June 1732; d. at Newton 12 Dec. 1802; m. Eliza-
beth ; two children. 4. Bethia, b. 13 Nov. 1734; m. at

Newton, 24 Jan. 1750/1, John Murdock of Uxbridge-, b. at
Newton 24 Dec. 1727, s. of John and Sarah (Reed). 5. Ann, b.
27 Mar. 1739; d. at Newton 12 Feb. 1744/5.
6. vii. Nehemiah, b. 8 Oct. 1704.

viii. Ann, b. 17 Aug. 1710; probably d. before her parents, as she is not
mentioned in the wills of her father and mother or in the papers
relating to the division of her father's estate.

ix. Josiah, b. in 1718; d. at Newton 13 June 1718 or 1719.

4. John 8 Hyde (Job* Samuel 1 ), born at Cambridge 1 Feb. 1681/2,
died at Newton 8 Jan. 1765. He married first, at Newton,
15 May 1707, Sarah Prentice, who died at Newton 8 Mar. '
1712/13, daughter of Thomas and Rebecca (Jackson); and
secondly, at Newton, 13 May 1713, Hannah Prentice, sister
of his deceased wife.

On 13 May 1713 Thomas Prentice conveyed land to his
son-in-law John Hide, who married his daughter Hannah.
On 3 Mar. 1761 John Hide of Newton mortgaged his farm to
the town as security for money spent for his daughter Sarah
and for the care of himself. The mortgage was paid 14 Mar.
1765, but by whom does not appear. (Middlesex Deeds,
vol. 57, fo. 544.)

Children by first wife, born at Newton:

i. Relief, 4 b. 1 Jan. 1708/9; d. at Newton 11 Nov. 1758; m. Thomas
Draper, b. at Roxbury 14 Mar. 1709/10, d. at Newton in Oct.
1769, s. of Jonathan and Sarah (Jackson). On 30 Apr. 1734 John
Hide of Newton conveyed land in Roxbury to dau. Relief Draper
of Roxbury and s. Thomas Draper. (Middlesex Deeds, vol. 35,
fo. 261.) Children, probably all b. at Newton:* 1. Thomas, b.
30 Oct. 1732; d. at Newton 29 Nov. 1738. 2. John, b. 17 Dec.
1733; m. 8 Apr. 1757 Ann Worllyleek of Roxbury. 3. Aaron,
b. 15 Mar. 1734/5; m. 21 Feb. 1760 Mary Fisher. 4. Sarah, b.
7 Dec. 1736. 5. Moses, b. 26 May 1738; d. at Newton 4 Dec.
1738. 6. Thomas, b. 19 Dec. 1739; d. in the same year. 7.
Abigail, b. 2 June 1741; m. 23 Feb. 1762 Ensign John Baker. 8.
Phebe, b. 27 Oct. 1742; d. at Newton 17 Mar. 1750/1. 9. Eliza-
beth, b. 26 Mar. 1744; m. 23 Feb. 1764 Jacob Robinson. 10.
Catherine, b. 29 Nov. 1745. 11. William, b. 1 June 1747; d. at
Newton 29 Sept. 1748. 12. Anna, b. 28 July 1749. 13. Re-
becca, b. 6 Sept. 1750; d. at Newton 11 Mar. 1750/1. 14. Wil-
liam (twin), b. 7 Mar. 1752. 15. Rebecca (twin), b. 7 Mar. 1752;
d. at Newton 12 Feb. 1755.

ii. Sarah, b. 10 Dec. 1711 [sic]: d. unm. at Newton 9 May 1754.

iii. Jonathan, b. 13 July 1712 [sic]', probably d. young.

5. Jonathan 3 Hyde (Job, 2 Samuel}), born at Cambridge 22 May
1684, died at Newton 2 Aug. 1731. He married at Cambridge,

* The births of all the children except the second, third, and fourth are recorded at
Newton.

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[April

4 Apr. 1706, Hannah Dana, born at Cambridge 25 Oct. 1685,
died at Canterbury, Conn., 20 Mar. 1748 [? 1747/8], aged 62,
daughter of Jacob and Patience. She married secondly, at
Canterbury, Conn., 28 Oct. 1735, as his third wife, Henry
Adams, born at Medfield 29 Oct. 1663, died at Canterbury,
Conn., 28 June 1749.*

Jonathan Hyde was brought up by his maternal grand-
father, John Fuller, who in his will mentions Jonathan as the
youngest of the children of his daughter Elizabeth, wife of
Job Hide. (Middlesex Probate Files, 8745.) He owned the
covenant in the Cambridge church 12 Jan. 1706/7. In his will,
proved 20 Sept. 1731, he left 125 acres of land at Canterbury,
Conn., to wife Hannah, and made her executrix. (lb., 11260.)
On 14 Nov. 1746 Henry Adams of Canterbury, Conn., and
Hannah his wife, in consideration of £10 paid "by our sons,
Josiah Hides and Jonathan Hides, both of Canterbury,"
quitclaimed all their right to land in Canterbury which was
Jonathan Hides's, "y* former husband of y* said Hannah."
(Canterbury Deeds, vol. 5, p. 84.) In his will Henry Adams
gave "to the three natural daughters of my last wife, Hannah,
the goods she brought with her." Jacob Smith of Canterbury
and Ebenezer Farr, whose wives were daughters of Jonathan
and H ann ah (Dana) Hyde, gave receipts 3 Aug. 1749.

Children:

Hannah, 4 bapt. at Cambridge 12 Jan. 1706/7.

Josiah, b. at Newton 7 Nov. 1708 and bapt. at Cambridge 14 Nov.
1708.

Jonathan, bapt. at Cambridge 7 Jan. 1710/11.

Abigail (probably dau. of Jonathan), f b. in 1712; m. (1) at Newton,
17 Feb. 1731/2, Isaac Stowell, b. in 1708, s. of Israel and
Abigail; m. (2) at Dedham, 8 July 1760, James Duff of Rox-
bury. Children by first husband, all except the first one b. at
Dedham: 1. Isaac, b. at Newton in 1732; d. at Dedham 3 Mar.
1820, aged 88; m. in Boston, 24 May 1753, Mary Oliver, b. in
Boston 20 Sept. 1735, d. at Dedham 6 June 1812, aged 76, dau. of
Andrew and Mary (Fitch); ten children. 2. Jacob, b. 3 Apr. 1736;
d. at Windsor, Vt., 13 Nov. 1806; m. (intention recorded at Doug-
las, 16 Dec. 1757) his third cousin once removed, "Beulahlivermore,
bapt. at Grafton 21 Sept. 1735, d. at Windsor, Vt., 17 Nov. 1825,
dau. of Jonas and Esther (Hyde) ;t eight children. 3. Abigail, b. 6
Oct.1737. 4. Joseph, b. 1 May 1739; m.atNeedham,27Jan.l763,
Hannah Richardson, dau. of Ezekiel and Mary (Day). 5.
Mary, b. 2 Dec. 1741; d. at Dedham 25 Aug. 1755. 6. Samuel,
b. 27 May 1743; d. at Gray, Me., 20 Jan. 1826; m. at Portland,
Me., Patience Butman, b. in Jan. or Feb. 1750 [? 1749/50], d. at
Gray, Me., 22 Aug. 1836, dau. of Bradstreet; nine children. 7.
Ebenezer, b. 22 Dec. 1744; m. in Boston, 9 Oct. 1791, Nancy
Ellery. 8. Lemuel, b. 25 Mar. 1747; d. at Dedham 29 May

* Henry Adams had married (1) 10 Dec. 1691 Patience Ellis, daughter of Thomas
and Mary (Wright) ; and (2) at Providence, R. I., Ruth Ellis, sister of his deceased wife.

t She was probably daughter of Jonathan Hyde (5), for there is no other Hyde family
in which she can be placed. She was over eighteen when Jonathan died, and therefore
no guardian was necessary for her, and she was married a few months later. She named
a son Jacob — not a Stowell name, but the name of her grandfather Jacob Dana and
also of her uncle, if she was a daughter of Jonathan and Hannah (Dana) Hyde. She
named a son Thaddeus, as did her supposed brother Jonathan (8), who also named a
daughter Abigail.

t Vide Descendants of Jonathan Hyde, 9, i, 1.

1.
7.ii.

8. iii.
iv.

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1832; m. in Boston, 24 Dec. 1767, Rebecca Fisher, b. at Dedham
14 Sept. 1750, d. there 18 Sept. 1834, dau. of Daniel and Elizabeth
(Weeks); four children. 9. Thaddeus, b. 19 Apr. 1750; d. at
Dedham 10 June 1750. 10. Thaddeus. b. 7 Aug. 1751; d. at
Washington, N. H., 28 May 1786; m. in Boston, 18 June 1772,
Deborah Fisher, b. at Dedham, 11 Apr. 1754, d. at Washington,
N. H., 5 Mar. 1801, dau. of Daniel and Elizabeth (Weeks); five
children. 11. Mary, b. 30 May 1755; m. at Newton, 17 Aug.
1778, Abijah Stowell, b. at Newton 12 May 1745, d. at Framing-
ham 6 Feb. 1800, s. of Israel and Sarah (Cheney); seven children.
9. v. Caleb, b. at Newton in 1713 or 1714.

vi. Thankful, b. at Newton abt. 1717. On 22 Oct. 1733 Capt.
Ephrahn Williams was appointed guardian of Thankful Hide, in
her 17th year, dau. of Jonathan, Caleb Dana being on the bond.
(Middlesex Probate Files, 11221, 11264.) She was admitted to
the church at Canterbury, Conn., from the Newton church,
23 Jan. 1737 [? 1737/8].

vii. Samuel, b. at Newton 7 Sept. 1719; probably d. young.

viii. Joshua, b. at Newton 12 Oct. 1722. On 22 Oct. 1733 Edward Peck
was appointed guardian of Joshua Hide, a minor in his 12th year,
s. of Jonathan, Capt. Ephrahn Williams being surety. (Mid-
dlesex Probate Files, 11261.) On 30 Oct. 1739 Edward Peck was
again appointed guardian of Joshua Hide, then described as a
minor in his 17th year.

ix. MabYj b. at Newton abt. 1724; m. at Canterbury, Conn., 27 Dec.
1742, Jacob Smith, who d. at Canterbury, Conn., 26 Feb. 1782.
On 22 Oct. 1733 Caleb Dana was appointed guardian of Mary
Hide, a minor in her 9th year, dau. of Jonathan, Josiah Hide of
Canterbury, Conn., being on the bond. (Middlesex Probate
Files, 11261.) On 11 Sept. 1739 Mary, a minor in her 15th year,
chose William Hide as her guardian. Children, b. at Canter-
bury, Conn.: 1. Mary, d. at Canterbury, Conn., 6 Mar. 1749/50.
2. Hannah, b. 22 May 1748. 3. Abigail, b. 2 Mar. 1749/50.
4. Jonathan, b. 21 Jan. 1752; d. at Canterbury, Conn., 28 Mar.
1758. 5. Elizabeth, b. 24 Sept. 1754. 6. Benjamin, b. 20 Feb.
1759.

x. Samuel, b. abt. 1727. On 22 Oct. 1733 Josiah Hide of Canterbury,
Conn., was appointed guardian of Samuel Hide, a minor in his 6th
year, s. of Jonathan, Caleb Dana being on the bond. (Middlesex
Probate Files, 11263.) Administration on the estate of Samuel
Hide, late of Canterbury, Conn., deceased, was granted 28 Mar.
1763 to Elisha Paine. (Plainfield Probate Records, vol. 6, p. 76.)

6. Nehemiah 4 Hyde (Samuel, 3 Job, 2 Samuel}), born at Newton
8 Oct. 1704, died there 21 Mar. 1735/6. He married at
Newton, in 1729, Hannah Murdock, b. at Roxbury
22 May 1705, died at Newton 18 May 1790, daughter of
Robert and Hannah (Stedman). She married secondly, at
Newton, 28 Oct. 1742, Jonathan Dike, Jr., who died 29 Mar.
1759.

On 5 Apr. 1736 Hannah Hide, widow, was appointed ad-
ministratrix of the estate of her husband, Nehemiah Hides,
deceased. (Middlesex Probate Files.) On 13 June 1741
Robert Murdock was appointed guardian of Lydia in her 12th
year, Samuel in his 10th year, and Anna in her 7th year,
minor children of Nehemiah Hide, deceased, Joseph Jackson
being on the bond. (76., 11274.) On 4 Apr. 1743 Hannah
Dike, formerly widow of Nehemiah Hide, received her dower
in his estate, the rest of the estate being settled on Samuel,
the eldest son, who was to pay to the others their shares. A

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[April

receipt was given to Hannah Dyke by Robert Murdock,
guardian of the children. In 1754 the account of Robert
Murdock, guardian of the children of Nehemiah Hyde,
stated that there were "no other heirs" except Lydia, Samuel,
and Anna, and that the estate came to them "by their grand-
father Samuel Hides' will, by way of their mother Hannah,
his [Robert Murdock's] daughter."
Children, born at Newton:

i. Lydia, 6 b. 2 Nov. 1729; m. at Newton, 2 May 1754, Richard
Tbuesdale. b. at Newton 2 Mar. 1731/2, s. of Samuel and Eliza-
beth (Ward). Children: 1. Elizabeth. 2. Benjamin. 3. Han-
nah. 4. Samuel.

ii. Samuel, b. 8 Oct. 1731; d. at Newton 18 Aug. 1790, aged 60; m.
there, 24 June 1765, Mart King of Cambridge, b. abt. 1743, d.
at Newton 5 or 6 Mar. 1834, aged 90 or 91. Children: 1. Mary.*
2. Fanny. 3. Samuel. 4. James. 5. Abigail.

iii. Anna, b. 24 July 1734; d. 26 July 1774; m. at Newton, 20 June
1754, William Chambeblain, b. at Newton 22 Sept. 1730, d.
there 9 Dec. 1760, s. of Jacob and Susanna.

7. Josiah 4 Hyde (Jonathan, 3 Job, 2 Samuel 1 ) was born at Newton

7 Nov. 1708 and baptized at Cambridge 14 Nov. 1708. He
married at Newton, 21 Oct. 1731, Elizabeth Osland, daugh-
ter of John and Sarah (Hyde).*
Children:

i. Sarah, 6 b. at Newton 12 Sept. 1732.

ii. Lydia, b. at Newton 22 July 1734.

iii. Nehemiah, b. at Newton 4 July 1736; m. at Canterbury, Conn.,
20 Apr. 1762, his first cousin, Abigail 6 Hyde (8, iv), b. at Canter-
bury 28 Dec. 1739, dau. of Jonathan and Thankful (Osland).

iv. Jacob, b. at Canterbury, Conn., 24 Jan. 1738/9.

v. Josiah, b. at Canterbury, Conn., 10 June 1745.

vi. Nathan, b. at Canterbury, Conn., 10 June 1747; d. there 29 Sept.
1749.

8. Jonathan 4 Hyde (Jonathan, 3 Job, 2 Samuel}), baptized at Cam-

bridge 7 Jan. 1710/11, died at Brookline 4 June 1787. He
married at Canterbury, Conn., 4 Jan. 1734/5, Thankful
Osland, who died at Brookline 16 Feb. 1796, daughter of John
and Sarah (Hyde).f

He worked on the estate of his father and mother at Canter-
bury, Conn., as is stated in 1732 by his mother Hannah, the
executrix of the will of her deceased husband Jonathan; and
in 1738 he is found at Canterbury with his wife Thankful.
He and his wife Thankful sold land in Newton, evidently her
share of her father's and mother's estate. He removed to
Brookline before 1750. In Jan. 1750 [? 1749/50] he was
ordained as a Baptist preacher in his own house at Brookline.
He was without a college education, and was one of those
known as "New Lights." In Mar. 1751 he was warned out
of Brookline. He was a friend of the First Baptist Church of
Newton.

• Vide supra, 1, v, 2, and cf. Descendants of Jonathan Hyde, 1, xix, 6. That Eliza-
beth Osland was the wife of Josiah Hyde, and not of Jonathan Hyde, as has been stated
in print, is shown by the settlement of the estate of her father, John Osland.

t Vide supra, 1, v, 2, and cf. Descendants of Jonathan Hyde, 1, sir, 7.

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Children, born at Canterbury, Conn. :

i. Mary, 6 b. 11 Nov. 1735.

ii. Benjamin, b. 23 Nov. 1736.

iii. Thankful, b. 3 Feb. 1737/8; m. either Archibald Graham of

Brimfield (intention recorded 6 Aug. 1775) or 15 Aug. 1779

Samuel Griggs of Roxbury.
iv. Abigail, b. 28 Dec. 1739; m. at Canterbury, Conn., 20 Apr. 1762,

her first cousin, Nehemiah 6 Hyde (7, iii), b. at Newton 4 July

1736, s. of Josiah and Elizabeth (Osland).
v. Thaddeus, b. 25 Apr. 1742; d. at Newton 25 July 1808; m. at

Brookline (intention recorded 8 Sept. 1776) Margaret Arnold,

who d. at Newton 9 Jan. 1813.
vi. Elizabeth, b. 27 Mar. 1745; d. at Newton in Mar. 1785; m. at

Brookline, 20 Mar. 1766, Caleb Whitney of Newton, b. at

Newton 17 June 1740, d. there 24 Mar. 1777, s. of Caleb and

Hannah (Cheney). Children: 1. Oliver. 2. Amaziah. 3. Ruth.

4. Sarah. 5. Abigail.
vii. Jonathan, b. 17 Mar. 1748/9.

9. Caleb 4 Hyde {Jonathan? Job? Samuel 1 ) was born at Newton
in 1713 or 1714. He married at Newton, 20 Apr. 1738,.
Lydia Osland, daughter of John and Sarah (Hyde).*

On 18 Dec. 1733 Caleb Hide, in his 20th year, son of Jona-
than, chose his uncle Joseph Dana as guardian. (Middlesex
Probate Files, 11221.) On 10 Sept. 1738 Caleb and Lydia
Hide were admitted to the church at Canterbury, Conn.

Children, born at Canterbury, Conn. :

i. Temperance,* b. 8 Feb. 1738/9; probably d. young.

ii. Benjamin, b. in Sept. 1741.

iii. Esther, b. in Mar. 1743; d. at Canterbury, Conn., 14 July 1750.

iv. Susanna, b. 25 Mar. 1745; d. at Canterbury, Conn., 11 July 1750.

v. Mary, b. in Mar. 1748.

vi. Temperance, b. in 1749; d. at Newton 4 Feb. 1842; m. at Newton,
21 July 1772, Thaddeus Whitney, b. at Newton 10 July 1747,
d. there 15 Aug. 1832, aged 85, s. of Caleb and Hannah (Cheney).
Children: 1. Temperance. 2. Ruth. 3. Hannah. 4. Thaddeus.

vii. Isaac, b. in Feb. 1750/1.

viii. Lydia, b. in Jan. 1754.

RECORDS OF THE CHURCH IN WINTONBURY PARISH
(NOW BLOOMFIELD), CONN.

From a copy in the possession of the Connecticut Society op Colonial Dames

Communicated by Miss Maby Kingsbury Talcott of Hartford, Conn.

[Continued from page 87]

[Baptisms," continued]

134 Jany 26 1746. Noadiah y« Child of Noadiah Phelps

135 Feb 24 Marcy ye Child of Jonah Gillett

136 March 9^ Mary y° Child of William Webster

137 March 23 d Ezra v 8 Child of Abel Loomis

138 Eodem Die Anne y° Child of Dan" Rowel

139 March 30*^ 1746 David y« Child of David Brown

* Vide supra, 1, v, 2, and cf. Descendants of Jonathan Hyde, 1, xix, 8.

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Isaac y 8 Child of Daniel Eglestone

Lois y« Child of Samuel Foot

Abigail ye Child of Jos: Filley, which had six

fingers on each hand & six Toes on each foot.
Samuel y 8 Child of Samuel Rowel
Samuel y 6 Child of Stephen Goodwin
Lois, y 8 Child of Abel Gillett
Kezia ye Child of Timothy Moses
Hannah y 8 Child of Daniel Eglestone
Lucy y 8 Child of Thomas Humphery
Naomi ye Child of Jonathan Brown Jn r .
Sarah y 8 Child of Gideon Bun-
Reuben y 8 Child of John Rowel
Hannah y 8 Child of John Hubbard Jn r
Hannah y 8 Child of Noah Drake
Reuben y 8 Child of Reuben Loomis
Jerusha y 8 Child of Benjamin Brown
Samuel y 8 Child of Nathaniel Eglestone
Hannah y 8 Child of Jacob Drake Jn r .
Grace y 8 Child of Stephen Loomis Jn r .
Lois y 8 Child of Thomas Phelps
Eunice y 8 Child of Alex* Hoskins
Mabel y 8 Child of Jonath n Bidwell
Anna y* Child of Nath" Bun-
Daniel y 8 Child of Eben r Bun-
Ruth y 8 Child of Samuel Webster
Isaac y 8 Child of Isaac Skinner Jn r
Thankful y 8 Child of Ephraim Brown
Climena ye Child of Matthew Holcomb
Mary ye Child of Eliakim Loomis
Alexander y 8 Child of Samuel Marshel
David y 8 Child John Matson
Oliver y 8 Child of Oliver Thair
Rhoda y 8 Child of Asabel Drake
Sarah y 8 Child of Moses Merrils '
My 3 d Child Mary Bissell
Roger y 8 Child of Pelatiah Mills Jn r .
Mary y 8 Child of Lydia Drake
Elijah y 8 Child of Joseph Segar
Scinthia y 8 Child of Jeremiah Filer
Luke y 8 Child of Joseph Filley
David y 8 Child of David Griswold
Rebekca y 8 Child of Reuben Loomis
Thankful y 8 Child of Abraham Sedgwick
Elisabeth y 8 Child of Samuel Rowel
Elisabeth y* Child D r Josiah Hurlbut in his house
Sarah y 8 Child of Abel Gillett
Sahara y 8 Child of Elijah Mills
Abi y 8 Child of Silas Filer
Zenas y 8 Child of Benjamin Case
Matthew y 8 Child of Matthew Cadwell
Mary ye Child of Samuel Foot
Stephen y 8 Child of Jonathan Gillett
Martin y 8 Child of John Rowel
Daniel y 8 Child of Abel Loomis
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Sam" j* Child of Samuel Cook
Moses y 8 Child of David Brown, a Twin &
Miriam the other Twin of Said Brown
Kezia y 8 Child of Jonathan Filley
Thomas the Child of Jonah Gillett
Ann y 8 Child of Jonathan Brown
James y 8 Child of John Parsons
Jerusha y 8 Child of Sam 11 Butler
Dorcas y 8 Child of Timothy Moses
Dority y 8 Child of Samuel Filley
Benj n y 8 Child of Benjamin Brown
John ye Child of John Hubbard Jn*.
Hannah y 8 Child of Alex* Hoskins
Samuel y 8 Child of Samuel Webster
Oliver y 8 Child of Joshua Case Jn*.
Daniel y* 5 Child of Daniel Foot.
Margeret y 8 Child of Lemuel Robearts
Martha y 8 Child of Pelatiah Mills Jn*.
Eunice y 8 Child of Enoch Drake Jn*.
Mabel y 8 Child of Jonath n Bidwell
Eunice y 8 Child of Nathanael Burr
Josiah y 8 Child of Thomas Humphery
Joanna y 8 Child of Samuel Marshel
Gideon y 8 Child of Gideon Bun-
Ira y 8 Child of Noah Drake
Sarah y 8 Child of Eliakim Loomis
Adonijah y 8 Child of Adonijah Burr
Josiah y 8 Child of D* Josiah Hurlbut
Katharine y 8 Child of Silas Filer
Elisabeth y 8 Child of Matthew Cadwell
Ruth y 8 Child of Jonah Griswold
Sylvia y° Child of Jeremiah Fyler
Ebenezer y* Child of Abraham Sedgwick
George y 8 Child of Daniel Foot.
William-Robe y 8 Child of Reuben Case
Bildad y 8 Child of Samuel Hurlbut
Samuel y 8 Child of Lieut Joseph Porter
Zadock y 8 Child of Daniel Brown
John y 8 Child of John Burr Jn*.
Elisabeth y 8 Child of John Parsons
Roger ye Child of John Rowel
Rhode y 8 Child of Moses Merrils
Jacob y 8 Child of Reuben Loomis
Elisha y 8 Child of Joshua Case Jn*.
Lucina y 8 Child of Elijah Mills
Ann y 8 Child of Eliphalet Loomis
Job the Child of Job Drake
Aaaron y 8 Child of Eben* Burr
Nathaniel y 8 Child of Nathaniel Hubbard
Lucy y 8 Child of- Jonathan Brown
Isabel a Twin Child of David Brown
Mary y 8 o* Twin Child of S d David Brown
Abigail y 8 Child of Samuel Butler
Fortune a Negro Servt to John Hubbard Jn*
Eli y 8 Child of John Hoskins
Timothy y 8 Child of John Hubbard Jn*
Gideon the child of Gideon Burr

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[April

253

Jany 6th 1751

254

Jany 20th

255

Jany 17»h

256

Eodem Die

257

March 17th

258

Eodem Die.

259

March 31 st

260

April 7th

261

April 13th 1751.

262

Apr: 21"t

263

Eodem Die

264

June 9.

265

July 7th

266

Eodem Die.

267

Aug 81 4th

268

Aug 8 * 11th

269

Aug"t25

270

Sep 1 1 8 *

271

Sep 1 8th

272

Sep 1 15th

273

Sep*22 d

274

Sep 1 29th

275

Octf 27th

276

Nov r 3 d

277

Dec 1 8th 1751

278

Eodem Die

279

Dec 1 15th

280

Dec r 22 d

281

Jany 5th 1752.

282

Jany 12th

283

Jany 19th

284

Feby 2d

285

Feby 9th

286

Feby 23 d

287

March 29th

288

Apr: 12th

289

May 10th

290

Eodem Die

291

June 7th

292

Eodem Die

293

June 14th

294

Eodem Die

295

June 21 st

296

July 5th

297

Eodem Die

298

Aug 31 9 th

299

Sep 1 24 New Stile

300

Oct 1* New Stile

301

Eodem Die

302

Eodem Die Etiam

303

Oct* 22d

304

Nov r 5th

305

Dec 1 25th 1752

306

Jany 7th 1753

307

Eodem Die

308

March 18th

309

March 25th

Lucy y 8 Child of Samuel Foot

Lucy y 8 Child of Jonah Gillett

Elisabeth y 8 Child of Abel Loomis.

Rhoda y 6 Child of Jonathan Gillett

Micah y 8 Child of Sam" Webster

Ann y 8 Child of Dan" Eggleston

Abial y 8 Child of Joel Wilson

Benjamin y 8 Child of Benjamin Gillett

Martha the Child of Daniel Foot

Dorcas the Child of Stephen Loomis Jn r

Kezia y 8 Child of John Clark.

Moses the Child of Noah Drake

Jane y 8 Child of Joseph Filley

Sarah y 8 Child of Benjamin Brown

James y 8 Child of John Barnet

Lydia y 8 Child of Timothy Moses.

Joseph y 8 Child of Enoch Drake Jn r .

Rachel y 8 Child of Jonathan Bidwell

Rachel y 8 Child of Elisha Eggleston

Assena y 8 Child of David Griswold

Lydia y 8 Child of Hez : Addams

Darius the Child of Joseph Segar

John y 8 Child of Job Drake

Elisha a molatoe Boy bound to Cap 11 Pelatiah Millfl.

Abigail y 8 Child of Nethaniel Eggleston

Esther y 8 Child of Daniel Burlison

Zabina the Child of Adonijah Burr

Deliverence y 8 Child of Jonah Clark

Anne y 8 Child of Matthew Cadwell

Susanna y 8 Child of Thomas Humphery

Ulysses y 8 Child of Jeremiah Fyler

Moses the Child of Samuel Filley

George y 8 Child of Joshua Case Jun r .

Ruth y 8 Child of D r Josiah Hurlbut

My 4th Child Wealthann Bissell

Sile y 8 Child of John Parsons

Ann y 8 Child of Solomon Clark

Esther y 8 Child also of Solomon Clark

Solomon y 8 Child of Solomon Clark

Abi y 8 Child of Abraham Sedgwick

Salem the Child of Nathaniel Burr

Job the Child of Samuel Rowel

Ashbel y 8 Child of Reuben Case.

Agnes y 8 Child of John Hubbard Jun r

Martha y 8 Child of Pelatiah Mills Jun*

Abigail y 8 Child of Stephen Goodwin Jn r

Philip y 8 Child of Daniel Foot.

Hannah, y 8 Child of Charles Phelps

Lucy ano 1 Child of sd Charles Phelps

Charles y 8 o 1 Child of s d Phelps

Timothy y 8 Child of Samuel Foot

Alexander y 8 Child of Ebenezer Cook.

Uriah y 8 Child of Daniel Brown

Luther y 8 Child of Matthew Holcomb

Damaris y 8 Child of Asahel Drake

Asa y 8 Child of Nathaniel Hubbard.

Darius y 8 Child of Ebenezer Cooke

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157

310

April 8*»>

311

Eodem Die

312

May 13th

313

May 20th

314

May 27th

315

Eodem Die

316

June 10th

317

June 24th

318

Julyl 8 *

319

Eodem Die

320

Eodem Die Etiam

321

Aug* 5th

322

Se^l 1 *

323

Oct 1 7th

324

Eodem Die

325

Oct* 14th

326

Eodem Die

327

Oct' 21<*

328

Nov r 4th

329

Eodem Die

330

Nov 1 . 11th

331

Nov 1 25th

332

Dec 2d 1753

333

Dec' 23d

334

Jany 6th 1754.

335

Feb. 10th

336

Feb. 24*

337

Eodem Die

338

March 3 d

339

Eodem Die

340

April 14th

341

May 5 th

342

July 7th

343

July 21*

344

Au^t 4*h

345

Oct r 13th

346

Oct* 19th

347

Oct* 27

348

Oct 1 31 st

349

Nov 1 3 d

350

Eodem Die,

351

Et Etiam

352

Nov 1 10th

353

Eodem Die

354

Dec 8th

355

Dec 15th

356

Dec 22d

357

Jany 5th 1755.

358

Jany 19th

359

Jany 26th

360

Eodem Die 1755

361

Feby 9th

362

Feby 16th

363

March 2d

364

March 30th

365

Eodem Die

Zechariah y 8 Child of Samuel Butler

George the Child of George Manley

Stephen y 8 Child of Jonathan Gillett

Elisabeth the Child of Gideon Burr

Joseph y° Child of Benjamin Brown

Abraham ye Child of Hosea Clark

Jonath n y 8 Child of Matthew Allin's Widdow —

aged abot 10 years
Jonah the Child of Jonah Griswold
John v° Child of John Barnett
Diadema y 8 Child of Elijah Mills
Sarah y 8 Child of Jonah Gillett Jn*
William the Child of William Manley Jn r
Aaron the Child of Samuel Webster-
Hezekiah the Child of Abel Loomis
Susanna the Child of Stephen Loomis
Martha y 8 Child of John Clark
Christian y 8 Child of Samuel Burr
Thomas y 8 Child of Thomas Beman
Timothy y 8 Child of Joseph Filley
Eli y 8 Child of Pelatiah Mills Jn'
Asa y 8 Child of Adonijah Burr
Hannah y 8 Child of Job Drake
Anna y 8 Child of Jonathan Bidwell
Thomas y 8 Child of John Rowel
Elijah y 8 Child of Elijah Goodrich
John the Child of John Parsons
Elijah the Child of Reuben Loomis
Samuel y 8 Child of Joel Wilson
Elihu y 8 Child of Reuben Case
Jesse y 8 Child of Elisha Eggleston
Diadema y 8 Child of John Hubbard Jn r
Paris the child of Jeremiah Filer
Pelatiah the Child of Matthew Cadwell
Miriam y 8 Child of Nathaniel Bun-
Abigail y 8 Child of Theophilus Allen
Levi the 2d Child of Jonah Gillet Jn r
Lois y 8 Child of Samuel Pierce
Thedean y 8 Child of Eliphalet Loomiss
Samuel the Child of Samuel Pierce
Ebenezer y 8 Child of y 8 s d Samuel Pierce
Joseph, a Twin Child of Joseph Atwell
Benjamin y 8 other Twin Child of y 8 s d Atwell
Daniel the Child of Thomas Humphery
Lemuel y 8 Child of Benjamin Gillett
Martha the Child of Daniel Foot
Mary the first Child of John Nash
Lucy the Child of Asahel Drake
Ashbel y 8 Child of Abel Gillett. (his tenth child.
Wealthann the Child of Abraham Sedgwick
Mary the Child of Joshua Case Jn r
Lydia y 8 Child of Thomas Beman
Luke y 8 Child of Thomas Allin
Faircina y 8 Child of John Hoskins
Jacob the Child of Stephen Goodrich
Elijah the Child of Samuel Foot
Ellener y 8 Child of Samuel Burr

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Rhoda y« Child of Charles Phelps
Stephen y« Child of Samuel Rowel
Abigail ye Child of Job Burlison
Mary ye Child of Hosea Clark.
Hulda ye Child of Solomon Clark
Ebenezer ye Child of Ebenezer Cooke
Hannah y 6 Child of Gideon Burr
Candace ye Child of Jonathan Bidwell
Mary the Child of Nathaniel Hubbard
Zechariah y 6 Child of Samuel Butler
Josiah y 6 Child of Josiah Butler
Lois ye Child of Samuel Pierce
Olive ye 5 th Child of John Parsons
Rebecca ye Child of John Barnett
John ye Child of John Clark
Abigail the Child of Jonathan Gillett
Mary y 6 Child of William Manley Jn r
Roger ye Child of Adonijah Bun-
Sarah ye Child of Enoch Drake Jn r
Elisabeth y 6 Child of Bezaleel Latimer
Jerusha y 6 Child of John Hoskins Jn r
Henry Moore an adult Person aged perhaps 38

years.
Dorcas ye Child of Isaac Skinner Jn r
Philandar y 6 Child of John Rowel
John y 6 2d child of Elijah Goodrich
Hulda ye Child of Stephen Loomis
Kezia y 6 Child of Benjamin Brown
Sarah ye Child of Joel Cook
Abijah y 6 Child of Reuben Loomis
Sarah y 8 Child of Jonathan Filley Jn r
Salmon y 6 Child of Salmon Burr
Hulda ye Child of Daniel Foot
Judith ye Child of Elijah Mills
Ormon ye Child of Jeremiah Fyler
George y 6 Child of Theophilus AUin
Freelove y 6 Child of Nathaniel Burr
Daniel the Child of Thomas Beman
Eliphalet y 8 Child of Eliphalet Loomis
Ama ye Child of Joseph Atwell
Alexander y 6 Child of Joshua Case Jn r
Hezekiah ye Child of Hezekiah Richards
Oliver y° Child of John Parsons
Theode y 6 Child of Matthew Cadwell
Alexander y 6 Child of Thomas AUin
Ira ye Child of Hosea Clark
Stephen y° Child of Silas Fyler
Moses ye Child of John Nash
Linda a Twin Child of Abraham Sedgwick
Sina ye other Twin Child of Abraham Sedgwick
Stephen y* Child of Stephen Goodrich
Jonah the Child of Jonah Gillett Jn r
Ann y 8 Child of Jonah Griswold
Lucy y 6 Child of Samuel Foot
Deborah the Child of John Clark
Hezekiah y 6 Child of Hezekiah Parsons

* No. 366 is omitted in the original record, but No. 593 is repeated. Vide infra.

367"

Apr. 13*

368

May 4*

369

Eodem Die

370

Eodem Die Etiam

371

May 25*

372

June 1 st

373

June 8*

374

June 22 d

375

Aug Bt 24*

376

Sep 1 7*

377

Eodem Die

378

Sep* 22d

379

Oct 1 12th

380

Oct r 19*

381

Eodem Die,

382

Nov 1 2d

383

Eodem Die;

384

Nov 1 9*

385

Dec* 7*

386

Eodem Die

387

Eodem Die Etiam

388

Dec r 14th

389

Eod. D.

390

Dec 1 21 s *

391

Dec 1 28th

392

Jany 4* 1756

393

Jany 11*

394

Eodem Die

395

Feb. 1*

396

March 14*

397

March 21 s *

398

April 4*

399

May 2d

400

May 23d

401

July 11*

402

Eodem Die

403

Aug"* 29*

404

Octr 3d

405

Ocf 17

406

Nov 1 14*,

407

Eodem Die

408

Nov 28*

409

Dec 1 5*

410

Feb. 20th 1757

411

March 13th

412

March 20th

413

Eodem

414

Apr. 7*

415

Eodem

416

Apr: 10*

417

April 17* 1757.

418

May 9th

419

Eodem

420

Eodem

421

June 19*

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159

422

July 17th

423

Aug 8 * 7th

424

Aug* 4 9 th

425

Aug 8 * 28th

426

Sep 1 11th

427

Oct r 2d

428

Oct r 16th

429

Eodem Die

430

Et Etiam

431

Oct* 23<i

432

Nov 27th

433

Dec 1 4th

434

Eodem Die.

435

Eod. Etiam

436

Jany 29th 1758

437

Feby 6th

438

Feby 13th

439

Feb 20th

440

Mar. 12th

441

March 26th

442

Apr. 2d

443

April 9th

444

Apr. 16

445

May 21<* 1758

446

July 23d

447

Eodem Die

448

Aug 8 * 20th

449

Eodem

450

Aug 8 * 27

451

Sep 1 20th

452

Sepr 24th

453

Oct r 8th

454

Eodem Die.

455

Eodem Die

456

Octr 22d

457

Oct' 29th

458

Nov 5th

459

Nov 12th

460

Jany 7th 1759

461

Jany 14th

462

Eodem Die

463

Jany 28th

464

Feb 5th

465

Eodem Die.

466

Feb. 18th

467

Eodem Die

468

March 29th

469

April ll*h

470

Apr. 8th

471

Eodem Die

472

Apr. 29th

473

May 6th 1759

474

June 3d

475

June 10th

476

July rt

477

Aug 8 * 19*h

Darius the Child of Reuben Case
Jeremiah y 8 Child of Elijah Goodrich
Timothy y» 9*h Child of Samuel Webster
Susanna y° Child of Samuel Peirce
Noah y 8 Child of Noah Drake
Susanna y 8 Child of Pelatiah Mills Jn r
John y 8 Child of Joel Wilson
Beersheba y 8 Child of Adonijah Burr
Sarah y 8 Child of Samuel Bun-
Mary Evans an adult person agd ab* 20 years
Daniel y 8 Child of Joseph Filley
Ozias y 8 Child of Gideon Burr
George y 8 Child of Bezaleel Lattimer
George y 8 Child of Solomon Clark Jn r .
Millesent y 8 Child of Daniel Foot
Theodosia y 8 Child of Jonathan Bidwell
George y 8 Child of John Hoskins Jn r
Hezekiah y 8 2d Child of Jonath n Filley Jnr
Amos the first Child of Amos Lawrence
Elisabeth y 8 Child of Salmon Burr
Elias y 6 Child of Ephraim Brown Jn r
Lucina y 8 Child of L* Jonathan Gillet '
Hezekiah y* 5 Child of Isaac Skinner Jn r
Cloe y 8 Child of Aaron Drake
Ozias y 8 4*h Child of Joseph Atwell
Hannah y 8 Child of Robert Barnett Jn r
Oliver y 8 Child of Charles Phelps
Joab y 8 Child of John Hubbard Jn r
John the Child of John Nash
Pelatiah the 2d Child of Hez. Parsons
Abigail y 8 4*h Child of Nathaniel Hubbard
William y 8 Child of William Sheppard
Israel y 8 Child of Eliphalet Loomis
Mary Bissell my fifth Child
Annise y 6 Child of Jeremiah Fyler.
Rhoda y 8 Child of Joshua Case Jn r
Joel the Child of Joel Griswold
Ame the Child of Sam 11 Webster
Nabbe y 6 Child of Elijah Mills.
Aaron y 8 Child of Jonah Gillet Jn r .
Eunice y 8 Child of Elihu Lawrence
Triphena y 8 Child of Hezekiah Lattimer
Thanful y 8 Child of Samuel Butler
Violet y 8 Child of Samuel Case Jn r .
Jemina the Child of John Clark.
Joseph y 8 Child of Joseph Nash.
Benjamin y 8 Child of Ebenezer Cook.
Jenny my negro girl.
Mary y 8 Child of y 8 Wid. Mary Hoskins
Jemina, ano 1 Child of S d Wid w Hoskins
Abraham, y 8 Child of Abraham Sedgwick
Wealthan y 8 Child of Ens. Reuben Loomis.
Roger, y 8 Child of Hosea Clark.
Theophilus the Child of Tho 8 Allin
Shubael y 8 Child of Reuben Cook, bound to David

Filley
Hulda y 8 Child of Matthew Cadwell

160

478

479

480

481

482

483

484

485

486

487

488

489

490

491

492

493

494

495

496

497

498

499

500

501

502

503

504

505

506

507

508

509

510

511

512

513

514

515

516

517

518

519

520

521

522

523

524

525
626
527
528
529
530
531
532
533

Wintoribury Church Records

[April

Eodem Die
Eodem Die.
Eodem Etiam
Sep* 16.
Eodem Die
Sep 1 30^
Oct' 28th
Eodem Die
Nov r 4A
Eodem Die
Eodem etiam Die
Nov 1 18»i>
Feby 3d 1760
Feb. 10th
March 16th
March 23d
March 30
Apr. 13th
May 18th
May 25th
June 22d
July 13th
July 27th 1760.
Eodem Die.
Aug 5 * 3d
Aug 6 * 7th
Aug 8 * 24th
Eodem Die
Aug" 4 31 st
Oct 1 26
Nov 2d
Dec' 28th
Jany 11th 1761.
Feb. I 1 *
Eodem Die
March 8th
Eodem Die
Mar. 15th
Mar. 22d
Mar. 29th
Apr. 5th
Apr. 5th
Apr. 19th
Apr. 26th
Eodem Die
May 10th
June 7th

Sarah y 8 Child of John Egglestone
David y 8 Child of s d John Egglestone.
Timothy y 8 Child of Said Egglestone.
Asa y 8 Child of L* Jonathan Gillett
Thomas y 8 Child of Thomas Parsons.
Marine y 8 Child of John Barnett
Grove y 8 Child of Samuel Foot
Jesse y 8 Child of Elijah Goodrich
Rhoda y 8 Child of Samuel Pierce
Roselinda y 8 Child of Samuel Burr
Martha y e Child of Hezekiah Parsons.
Ruth y 8 Child of Reuben Case.
Silas y 8 Child of Samuel Rowel
Sarah y 8 first Child of Jeddediah Olcott
Joseph y 8 Child of Joseph Nash.
Hitte y 8 Child of Solomon Clark Jn r .
Salmon y 8 3 d Child of Salmon Burr
John y 8 Child of John Parsons
Noadiah y 8 2 d Child of Noadiah Burr Jn r .
Jerusha y 8 first child of Samuel Loomis
Christian y 8 Child of Bezaleel Lattimer
Asa y 8 Child of Abel Hoskins.
Polle y 8 Child of Mary Eggleston
Job y 8 Child of Elisabeth Drake
Elijah y 8 Child of Thomas Hoskins
Rosanna y 8 Child of Thomas Addams Jn r .
Linda y 8 Child of Jonathan Filley Jn r .
Sarah y 8 Child of Aaron Drake
Asa y 8 Child of Roger Filer .
Phena y 8 Child of Gideon Bun-
Mary y 8 Child of John Rowel
George y 8 Child of Jonah Gillett Jn r .
Lydia y 8 Child of Joshua Case Jnr.
Ambrose y e Child of Jeremiah Fyler.
Nathaniel y 8 Child of Nathaniel Case.
Daniel y 8 Child of John Clark
Lizze y 8 Child of Eliphalet Loomis
Robert y 8 Child of Robert Barnett
Prudence y 8 Child of Joseph Fitch
Lois y 8 Child of Benjamin Brown
Silas y 8 Child of Ephraim Brown Jn r .
Jonath n y 8 Child of Amos Sheppard
Elisha y 8 Child of Thomas Allyn
■ Timothy y 3 Child of Samuel Webster
Benjamin y 8 Child of Benoni Clark
Jane y 8 Wid w Cook's molatto girl, agd ab» 15*years
Ohver y e Child of the Wid w Hannah Hubbard
Relict of John Hub d deceas d .
June 21 s * Elihu the Child of Pelatiah Mills Jn r .

Eodem Die. Charity y 8 Child of Hosea Clark.

Eodem etiam 1761 Jerusha y 8 Child of Eben r Cook
June 28th Hezekiah y 8 2d Child of Hezekiah Lattimer

Eodem Die Martha y 8 Child of Samuel Barber

July 5th Hannah y 8 Child of Noadiah Burr Jn r .

July 22d Elijah y 8 Child of Joel Griswold

Aug 6 * 2d Abial y 8 Child of Solomon Allin

Aug 8 * 23 d Samuel y 8 Child of Samuel Loomis

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161

534

Sep* 20th

535

Eodem Die.

536

Sep* 27th

537

Oct* 11*

538

Oct* 18th

539

Nov* 1 st

540

Nov* 8th

541

Nov* 15th

542

Nov* 22<i

543

Nov* 29th

544

Eodem.

545

Dec* 13.

546

Jany 3d 1762.

547

Eodem Die.

548

Jany 10th

549

Feb. 7th

550

Eodem Die

551

Feb. 14th

552

Mar. 14th

553

Apr. 4th

554

Ap. 4th

555

Apr. 25th 1762.

556

Eodem

557

May 2d

558

May 23d

559

Eodem

560

June 13th

561

Eodem

562

July 25th

563

Aug 81 8th

564

Augrt 22d

565

Eodem Die

566

Aug 84 22d

567

Aug 8 * 29th

568

Eodem

569

Sep* 4th

570

Sep* 11th

571

Eodem

572

Oct* 3d

573

Oct* 31 st

574

Jany 16th 1763.

575

Eodem Die.

576

Feb 13th

577

Apr. 3d

578

Apr. 3 d

579

Apr. 10th

580

Apr. 17th

581

Apr. 24th

582

May 29th

583

July 31»t 1763

584

Eodem Die.

585

Eodem etiam,

586

Aug 8 * 21 8 *

587

Sep* 4th

588

Sep* 18th

589

Oct* 9th

590

Oct* 9th

Etijah y 8 Child of Elijah Mills

Pelatiah y 8 Child of Hezekiah Parsons

Jonah y 8 Child of Thomas Hoskins

Solomon y 8 Child of Elijah Goodrich

Abner y 8 Child of Charles Phelps

Martin y 8 Child of Daniel Foot

Alson y 8 Child of Zebulon Hoskins Jn*

Samuel y 8 Child of Samuel Burr.

Solomon ye Child of Thomas Parsons

Rachel y 8 Child of Cap n Jonathan Gillet

Ruth, y 8 o* Twin Child of Sd Cap* Gillet

Sam 11 Holcomb, y 8 Child of John Bamett

Joab, y 8 Child of Joel Wilson

John, y 8 Child of Matthew Cadwell

Jonathan, y 8 Child of Jonathan Filley Jn*.

Hephzibah, y 8 Child of Samuel Foot.

Annise, y 8 Child of Noah Drake

Joseph y 8 Child of William Webster

Aaron, y 8 Child of M* Aaron Phelps

Pera y 8 Child of Abel Hoskins

Susanna y 8 Child of Jeddediah Olcott

John y 8 Child of Silas Fyler, a Twin Child

Bethesda, y 8 other Twin of S d Fyler

Lucina, y 8 Child of Samuel Rowel

Sam 11 a twin child of Samuel Pierce

Ruth, y 8 o* twin Child of Said Pierce

Eunice, y 8 Child of Solomon Clark Jn*.

Anna, y 8 Child of Joseph Nash

Samuel the 2d Child of SamU Barber

Lucy y 8 Child of John Parsons

Sarah y 8 Child of Nath 8 l Hubard

Ellis y 8 Child of Joseph Fitch

Elijah the Child of Joel Griswold

Sahara y 8 Child of Joshua Case, Jn*.

Isabel, y 8 Child of Thomas Addams Jn*

Rebecca, y 8 Child of Simeon Gillet

Aholiab, y 8 Child of Bezaleel Latimer

Ellener, y 8 Child of David Goff

Hulda, y 8 Child of Reuben Case.

Sahara, y 8 Child of Jonathan Eggleston

Eunice y 8 Child of Samuel Case Jn*. .

Margeret y 8 Child of Thomas Hoskins

Allin y 8 Child of Roger Fyler

Moses y 8 Child of Gideon Burr

Elisabeth y 8 Child of Jonah Gillet Jn*

Lucretia y 8 Child of Asa Matson

Wealthann, y 8 Child of John Clark

Abigail y 8 Child of Benoni Clark

Joel y 8 Child of Joel Cook.

Mahitabel, Reuben Cook's Wid w agd abt 22 years

Timothy y 8 Child of s d Wid' Cook.

Richard ano* Son of hers.

Olive y 8 Child of Joseph Goodwin

Amos y 8 Child of Hosea Clark

Stilman y 8 Child of Daniel Foot

Theodore y 8 Child of Salmon Burr

Joseph y 8 Child of Noadiah Burr

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Daniel, y 8 Child of Abner Cook

Sarah, y 8 Child of Thomas Allin

Daniel, y 8 Child of Daniel Eggleston, Jn r

Polle, y 8 Child of Ebenezer Manley

Olive, y° 3d Child of Joseph Fitch

Hannah, y 8 Child of James Webster

Jose y 8 Child of Robert Barnett

Moses, y 8 Child of Benjamin Brown

Wealthann y 8 Child of William Webster

Hezekiah, y 8 Child of Isaac S kinn er

Abigail, y 8 Child of Jeddediah Olcott

William y 8 Child of Lucy Skinner

Elisabeth, y 8 Child of Cap 11 Jonath n Gillett

Lois y 8 Child of Matthew Cadwell

Jesse, y° Child of Amos Sheppard

Sarah, y 8 Child of Stephen Burr, Jn r .

Rachel, y 8 Child of Samuel Webster

Amos, y 8 Child of Amos Burr

Jonah, y 8 Child of Jonathan Filley Jn r

Nathan, y 8 Child of Abel Hos kina

Anna, y 8 Child of Hezekiah Parsons

Wealthann, y 8 Child of Hez. Latimer

Lois, y 8 Child of Pelatiah Mills Jn r

Reuben, y 8 Child of John Rowel

Roger, y 8 Child of Ens. Sam" Foot.

Sarah, y 8 Child of David Goff.

Hitte y 8 Child of Solomon Allin

Polle y 8 Child of M r Aaron Phelps —

Rositta y 8 Child of Joshua Case

Henry, y 8 Child of Sarah Filley, Sam 11 ' 8 Daugh r

Aurefia y 8 Child of Thomas Newbury.

Elisabeth y 8 Child of Doct r Caleb Hitchcock

Dosethius y 8 Child of Nathaniel Hubbard

Moses y 8 Child of Thomas Hoskins

Jemina y 8 Child of Jonathan Eggleston.

Jemme y 8 Child of Solomon Clark Jn r .

Mary y 8 Child of Joel Griswold.

Joseph y 8 Child of Joseph Goodwin

Susanna y 8 Child of Amos Gillett

Ursula y 8 Child of Thomas Addams Jn r

Pinny y 8 Child of Joel Cook

Rebecca y 8 Child of Joseph Nash.

Abner y 8 Child of Abner Cook.

Elijah, y 8 Child of Elijah Andrus

Mary, y 8 Child of Bezaleel Latimer

Thede y 8 Child of Noadiah Burr

Roswell y 8 Child of Timothy King

Silas, y 8 Child of Benoni Clark

Roswell, y 8 Child of John Clark.

Hannah, y 8 Child of Benjamin Case

Micah, y 8 Child of Micah Segar

Oliver y 8 Child of Ehjah Mills —

Joab, y 8 Child of Charles Phelps

Charles, y 8 Child of Lauchlan M c Lean

* This error in numbering offsets the omission of No. 366. Vide supra.
t No. 600 is omitted in the original record, but an entry without number is inserted
after No. 681. Vide infra.

591

Eodem

592

Oct* 23d

593

Nov r 13«»

593*

Nov 1 27»h

594

Jany 8th 1764.

595

Jany 15th

596

Jany 22d

597

Feb 5

598

Feb. 12th

599

Eodem

601f Feby 19*

602

Eod. D.

603

Feb. 26th

604

March 18th

605

Eod. Die

606

Eod. etiam

607

Apr. 8th

608

Apr. 22d

609

May 6th

610

May 13th

611

Eodem Die 1764

612

May 27th

613

July l Bt

614

July 15th

615

Eodem

616

July 22d

617

Aug 81 5th

618

Augfrt 12th

619

Aug 81 19th

620

Eodem Die

621

Sep 1 9th

622

Sep* 16.

623

Sep 1 30

624

Oct* 7.

625

Eodem Die,

626

Nov 25

627

Dec 1 2d

628

Dec r 23d

629

Dec r 30.

630

Nov 4th

631

Jany 28. 1765

632

Eodem Die.

633

Feb 3d

634

Feb 10.

635

March 31 st

636

Apr. 28th

637

May 5 th

638

May 12th

639

May 19th 1765.

640

June 2d

641

June 9th

642

June 19th

643

June 23d

644

Oct* 20th

1917]

Wintonbury Church Records

163

645

Nov 17.

646

Dec' 15

647

Feb* 16 1766

648

Mar. 2<i

649

Eodem Die. *

650

Mar. 9.

651

March 16.

652

Eodem Die

653

Mar. 30.

654

Eodem Die.

655

Apr. 20.

656

May 11th

657

May 18th

658

Eodem Die

659

May 25.

660

June 1 st

661

June 4 th

662

June 10th

663

June 15 th

664

Eodem Die

665

Eodem

666

Eodem 1766

667

Eodem

668

Eodem

669

Eodem etiam,

670

June 29th

671

July' 9th

672

July 13.

673

July 20.

674

Aug** 31

675

Sep* 6

676

Sep 1 28

677

OcP 19

678

Nov r 2 d

679

Nov 23d

680

Dec r 14

681

Dec r 24

N.B. N° 600 is

SamU Foot Jn*

682

Feb 1st 1767

683

Eodem Die,

684

Feb 16

685

Eodem Die

686

Feb. 20

687

Feb. 22.

688

March 29.

689

Apr. 5.

690

Apr 12

691

May 3

692

May 10 1767

693

May 24

694

Eodem Die,

695

May 31.

696

June 7

697

Eodem Die,

VOL. UOT. 11

Tamar, y 8 Child of Docf Caleb Hitchcock

Abigail y* Child of Hezekiah Parsons

AUin y 8 Child of Ebenezer Manley

Daniel y 8 Child of M r Aaron Phelps

Jesse, y 8 Child of Pelatiah Mills, Jun r

Mary, y 8 2 d Child of Eb'jah Andrus

Rachel, a Twin Child of Noadiah Burr

Rhoda, ye other Twin Child of S d Burr

Hezekiah, y 8 Child of Sgt William Webster

James, y 8 Child of Thomas Allyn.

Martin, y 8 Child of Lydia Moses, Martin Moses

Wid w
Mabel y 8 Child of Joshua Case
Deborah, y» Child of Cap n Jonathan Gillett
Sarah y 8 Child of Hosea Clark
Elisabeth, y 8 Child of Daniel Eggleston Jn r
Abel y 8 Child of Abel Hoskins
Lemuel y 8 Child of Lemuel Roberts Jn r
Sarah y 8 Child of Robert Barnett
Eenezer Latimer an adult Person.
Mary Latimer and [sic] adult Person
John, a Lad of Elisha Latimer
Submit, y 8 Daugh r of said Elisha Latimer
Prudence, y 8 Daug r of S d Latimer
Comfort, ano r Daug r of s d Latimer
Lucina y 8 Child of s d Latimer
Mary y 8 Child of Thomas Hoskins
Elisha y 8 3 d Child of Abner Cook, aged about 4

weeks
Andrew y 8 Child of Stephen Loomis Jn r
Jonathan y 8 Child of M r Jonathan Palmer
Augustus, y 8 Child of Jonathan Filley Jn r
Rockce y 8 Child of Roger Fyler
Luther y 8 Child of Joel Griswold
Mary y 8 Child of Micah Segar
Bette y 8 Child of David Goff
Freman y 8 Child of Jonathan Eggleston
Rhoda y 8 Child of Nathaniel Robearts
Mahitabel y 8 Child of Ebenezer Drake
wants Ergo in January 4, 1767, Roger, the Child of

Louis y 8 Child of Samuel Case Jn r
Ruth y 8 Child of Hezekiah Latimer
Kezia, y 8 Child of Samuel Mills
Eunice y 8 Child of Eben r Latimer
Hannah y 8 Child of John Clark
Joel, y 8 Child of Ens. Jonah Gillett
Horace, y 8 Child of Natb.il Burr Jn r
William, y 8 Child of William Webster Jn r .
Rivera, y 8 Child of Joseph Nash
Hulda y 8 Child of Amos Gillett
Rosanna y 8 Child of Joseph Goodwin
Thomas, y 8 Child of Thomas Addams Jn r
Matthew, y 8 Child of Matthew Cadwell Jn r
Asahel, y 8 Child of Solomon Clark
Cate, y 8 Child of Samuel Rowel
Luther, y 8 Child of Joseph Fitch

164

Wintonbury Church Records

[April

698

Eodem

699

Eodem etiam,

700

June 14.

701

June 21

70S

July 19

70S

Eodem Die

702

Aug 5 * 2d

703

Aug 8 * 30.

704

Eodem Die

705

Sep 1 13

706

Octf 4.

707

Octrll

708

Oct* 25

709

Nov 1 15.

710

Dec r 6

711

Jany 3d 1768

712

March 6 th

713

March 13

714

Mar. 27.

715

March 27.

716

Eodem Die, 1768

717

Apr. 24

718

May 8

719

June 5

720

June 12

721

June 19.

722

July 3d

723

July 10.

724

Eodem Die

725

July 24

726

Aug st 28

727

Sep 1 4

728

Sep 1 18,

729

Eodem Die

730

Sep 1 25

731

Oct r 16

732

Nov 6

733

Eodem Die

734

Jany 22 1769,

735

Eodem

736

Feby6.

737

Eodem Die

738

Eodem Die etiam,

739

Feb. 19.

740

March 19.

741

Apr. 2d

742

Apr. 16

743

Apr. 23

744

Apr. 30 1769

745

May 7

746

Eodem Die,

747

May 28.

748

June 18

749

July 9

Salle, y 8 Child of Thomas Newbury

Jose, y 8 Child of Robert Barnett

Elisabeth Latimer who is an appren<* to Cap 11

Manley
John the child of John Kelley born in Europe, i.e.

yoFa r
Eberf ye Child of Ebenezer Drake baptized by Mr

Roots.
Hezekiah y e Child of S d Eberf Drake, by Mr Roots.
Roger y 8 Child of Roger Fyler.
Miriam, y 8 Child of Timothy King
Ame, y 8 Child of Abner Cook
Caleb, ye Child of Doct 1 Caleb Hitchcock
Lucy, y 8 Child of Reuben Case-
HezeMah, y* Child of Benoni Clark
Eben r Whetmore, the Child Bezaleel Latimer
Kezia y 8 Child of Stephen Loomis Jn r
Sibbel ye Child of Enoch Drake y* 3d
Rebecca y 8 Child of EUjah andrus-
Alex r , y 8 Child of Joshua Case-
Ruth y 8 Child of Thomas Hoskins
Abi, y 8 Child of Noadiah Burr.
Mariann, y 8 Child of Lauchlan M c Lean.
Ruth, y" Child of Lemuel Roberts, Jn r
Eunice y 8 Child of Thomas Allyn
Nathan, y 8 Child of M r Aaron Phelps
Aseph y 8 2d Child of William Webster Jn r .
Hannah, y 8 Child of John Clark
Jehiel y 8 Child of M r Jonathan Palmer
Cloe, y 8 Child of Solomon Allyn
Lucy y 8 Child of Cap n Jonathan Gillett
Bildad, y 8 Child of Pelatiah Mills Jn*.
Pelatiah, y 8 Child of Samuel Bun-
Amos, y 8 Child of Micah Segar
Pelatioh y 8 Child of Samuel Case Jn r .
Sarah, y 8 Child of Elijah Mills
Agnes, the child of Joel Cook
Russel, y 8 Child of Ebenezer Manley
Roger, y 8 Child of Roger Mills
Mariann, y 8 Child of Thomas Newbury
Aaron, y 8 Child of James Cadwell Jn r .
Eben r y 8 Child of Ebenezer Latimer
Levi, the Child of Levi Soper
Hannah, y 8 Child of Hezekiah Parsons
Nathaniel, y 8 Child of Nathaniel Roberts
Isaac, y 8 Child of Ebenezer Drake
James, y 8 Child of Joseph Goodwin
Rockce, y 8 Child of Amos Gillett
Daniel, y 8 Child of William Webster Sen 1 .
Samuel, y 8 Child of John Waters
Luther, y 8 Child of Amos Sheppard
Rebecca, y 8 Child of Benjamin Case
Justus, y 8 Child of Matthew Cadwell Jn r .
Kezia y 8 Child of Noadiah Burr-
Justice, y 8 Child of Joseph Fitch
John, y 8 Child of John Matson, on his Wife's Desire
Charlotte, y 8 Child of Hosea Clark

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165

750

July 23.

751

July 30.

752

753

Eodem Die,

754

Aug 8 * 13.

755

Eodem Die

756

Sep* 17

757

Eodem Die

758

Nov 19

759

Eodem Die

760

Nov. 26

761

Jany 14, 1770

762

Feb. 18.

763

March 18

764

Eodem Die

765

March. 25

766

April 1.

767

April 8

768

Apr 30.

769

May 13.

770

Eodem Die,

771

May 20 1770

772

June 3 1770

773

July 15

774

Eodem Die

775

Eodem Etiam

776

July 22

777

Aug st 26

778

Eodem Die

779

Sep 1 16.

780

Eodem Die

781

Eodem

782

Sep* 16

783

Sep* 23

7S4

Eodem Die

785

Sep* 28

786

Oct* 15

787

Nov* 11

788

Dec* 2d

789

Eodem Die

790

Dec* 9

791

Eodem Die,

792

Eodem Die etiam,

793

Jany 10. 1771,

794

Jany 13.

795

Jany 27

796

Feb. 10

797

Feb. 24

798

March 24th

799

Mar. 31.

800

April 21 1771

801

July 14.

802

July 28.

803

Eodem

804

Aug 31 25

805

Aug st 15

806

Sep* 9

Levi, y 8 Child of Hezekiah Latimer
Samuel, a Twin Child of Samuel Pirce, and
Ebenezer, y 8 other Twin Child of said Sam 11 Pirce.
Annanisa y" Child of Thomas Addams Jn*.
Gurdon, ye Child of Jonathan Filley Jn*.
Eunice, y 8 Child of Stephen Burr Jn*
Rufus, a Twin child of Joel Griswold
Eleanour ye other twin Child of s d Griswold
Will m Morton, the Child of Zenas Case
Nabbe ye Child of Bezaleel Latimer
Oliver, ye Child of Samuel Marshall Jn*
Elisabeth, ye Child of John Thrall
Daniel, ye Child of Cap n Manning Bull
Abijah, y 6 Child of Matthew Cadwell
Elijah Drake, the Child of Willm Wibster Jn*.
Enoch, ye Child of Enoch Drake y 8 3 d
Nance, ye Child of Benoni Clark-
Linda, ye 2 d Child of Samuel Mills-
Elisabeth, ye Child of Ashbel Grant
Cloe, ye Child of Ens. Jonah Gillett
EUener, ye Child of Doct* Caleb Hitchcock
Hannah, the child of Lemuel Roberts Jn*.
Anna, y 8 Child of Abel Hoskins
Abraham, y 6 Child of Noadiah Burr
David, ye Child of Ashbel Grant
Ame, y 8 Child of Micah Segar
Jemme, y 8 Child of Joseph Nash
James Wood, y 6 Child of Ebenezer Drake
Wealthann, ye Child of Cap 11 Jonathan Gillett
Elisabeth, ye Child of Thomas Allyn-
Dille, y 8 Child of Jonathan Eggleston
Jemme, ano* Child of s d Eggleston.
Asaph Parsons, the child of Robert Barnett
Samuel, y 6 Child of Samuel Case
Thomas, the Child of Timothy King
Abiah, ye Child of John Clark
Mary, y 6 Child of James Webster
Mary, ye Child of James Cadwell Jn r
Horace, y 6 Child of Daniel Eggleston Jn*.
Hezekiah the Child of Levi Soper
Perlee, y 6 Child of Samuel Burr
Daniel y 6 Child of Daniel Pettebone
Rebecca y 6 Child of Samuel Goodwin
Samuel, y 8 Child of Samuel Eggleston
Anne, y 6 Child of Joseph Goodwin
Alexander, y 8 Child of Ebenezer Latimer
Hannah, y 8 Child of James Parsons
Rockce, y 8 Child of Solomon Clark
Charity, ye Child of Jacob Phelps Jn*
Lydia, ye Child of Alexander Marshall
Anna, y 8 Child of Deacon Reuben Case
Lois, y* Child of Noadiah Burr
Susanna, y 8 Child of Amos Gillett
Abigail, y 8 Child of Hannah Hoskins
Charles, y 8 Child of Doct* Caleb Hitchcock
Moses, the child of John Matson
Cornelius, y 8 Child of Cornelius Phelps Jn*.

166 Genealogical Research in England [April

William, y» Child of Ebenezer Manley
Zenas, the child of Zenas Case
William, 5* Child of Samuel Rowel
Rockce, the child of Benjamin Brown Jn r .
Anne, the child of Thomas Newbury
Nabbe Griswold, the child of Roger Mills
James, the Child of James Barber
Jacob, the Child of Bezaleel Latimer

[To be continued]

807

Sep* 15

808

Sep* 29

809

Oct* 4

810

Oct 1 6

811

Nov 10

812

Eodem Die.

813

Nov 23.

814

Dec. 29

GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH IN ENGLAND

Communicated by the Committee on English Research

[Continued from page 33]

[The second and concluding instalment of the article on the Josselyn family,
which was begun in the Register of January 1917, not being ready for publica-
tion, the Committee on English Research communicates to the present number of
the Register a brief article relating to the English connections of the Patch
family of Salem and Beverly, Mass., and also abstracts of the wills of the two
grandfathers and a granduncle of Margaret Gifford, wife of Hugh Sargent and
grandmother of William Sargent, an early settler in Maiden, Mass. It is probable
that the rest of the Josselyn article will be published in the Register of July
1917.]

Patch

From the Parish Registers of South Petherton, co. Somerset*

Baptisms
1579 Richard son of Richard Patche 27 July.

1579 Joan daughter of Nicholas Patche 7 December.

1580 Mary daughter of Nicholas Patche 28 October.
1586 Mary daughter of Richard Patche 16 May.
1586 Frances daughter of Nicholas Patche 24 October.

1588 Edmund son of Nicholas Patche 23 March [1588/9].

1589 Thomas son of Edmund Patche 3 August.

1590 John son of Nicholas Patch 18 January [1590/1].

1591 Nicholas son of Edmund Patche 8 November.

1591 Nicholas son of Nicholas Patche — February [1591/2].

1592 Joan daughter of Edmund Patche 16 April.
1594 Elizabeth daughter of Nicholas Patch 16 April. ,
1597 Nicholas son of Nicholas Patche 26 June.
1597 Edith daughter of Edmund Patche 27 June.

1600 Fortune daughter of Nicholas Patche 27 May.

1601 Edmund son of Edmund Patch 22 September.
1601 Joan daughter of Nicholas Patch 14 March [1601/2].
1604 Richard son of Edmund Patch 31 July.
1604 Richard son of Nicholas Patch 22 January [1604/5].
1606 Mary daughter of Richard Patch 10 January [1606/7].

1608 William son of Richard Patche 31 January [1608/9].

1609 William son of Edmund Patche 29 May.
1611 Nicholas son of Richard Patch 9 September.

* These registers begin in 1574. The entries given in this article were secured by
the late Horatio Gates Somerby, and may be found in the Somerby Manuscripts,
vol. 12, pp. 58-64.

1917] Genealogical Research in England 167

1615 Sarah daughter of Richard Patch 10 July.

1620 Richard son of Richard Patch 20 June.
1623 John son of Nicholas Patche Jun r 26 December.
1626 James son of Nicholas Patch Jun r 18 September.

1630 Francis son of Richard Patch 16 August.

1632 Elizabeth daughter of Richard Patch 12 June.

1636 Anne daughter of Richard and Mary Patch 2 March [1636/7].

1639 Edmund son of William and Agnes Patch 11 November.

1640 John son of William and Agnes Patch 20 February [1640/1].
1643 James son of William and Agnes Patch 5 February [1643/4].
1648 Mary daughter of William and Agnes Patch 5 September.

Marriages

1577 Nicholas Patch and Christian Denman 28 January [1577/8].
1606 Richard Patch and Joan Lavor 26 January [1606/7].

1616 Thomas Prince and Mary Patch 7 August.

1617 William Woodbury and Elizabeth Patch 29 January [1617/18].

1621 William Hillerd and Fortune Patch 2 May.
1621 Walter Browne and Frances Patch 4 November.
1623 Nicholas Patch and Elizabeth Owley 17 September.
1628 Michael Chicke and Edith Patche 16 October.

1628 Richard Patch and Mary White 22 January [1628/9].

1631 Andrew Elliott and Joan Patch 5 January [1631/2]. ■

1641 John Leake and Sarah Patch 22 April.

■

Burials
1575 William Patche 15 June.
1579 Christian wife of Nicholas Patche 7 December.

1591 Nicholas son of Edmund Patche 27 November.

1592 Nicholas son of Nicholas Patche 18 February [1592/3].

1594 Joan wife of Richard Patch 16 September.

1595 Richard Patch 22 April.

1596 Edmund son of Nicholas Patch 21 February [1596/7].
1598 Joan daughter of Nicholas Patch 28 May.

1600 Elizabeth daughter of Edmund Patch 10 December.

1606 Mary daughter of Richard Patch of Nether S [? Nether Stowey]

13 January [1606/7].
1611 Joan daughter of Edmund Patch 19 February [1611/12].
1617 Edmund Patch 2 August.
1617 John son of Nicholas Patch 16 August.

1633 Jane wife of Nicholas Patch Sen, 12 May.

1637 Nicholas Patch Sen r 25 December.

1639 Edmund son of William Patch 31 January [1639/40].

Churchwardens
1589 Richard Patche 1600 Nicholas Patch

[The foregoing records show that a William Patch* was buried at South
Petherton, co. Somerset, England, 15 June 1575, and that Richard Patch,
Nicholas Patch, and Edmund Patch, who perhaps were brothers and perhaps
also were sons of William, had children baptized at South Petherton in the
last quarter of the sixteenth and early years of the seventeenth century.
From these records and from some New England records the following
pedigree has been compiled, but in using it the reader is cautioned to remem-
ber that the relationship of Richard, Nicholas, and Edmund Patch to one
another and to the William who was buried in 1575 is thus far purely con-
jectural and has not been proved from records.

* In this pedigree the accepted spelling of the present day is used for this surname.

168 Genealogical Research in England [April

1. William Patch was buried at South Petherton, co. Somerset, 15 June
1575. He was perhaps the father of the following

Children:

2. i. Richahd.

3. ii. Nicholas.

4. iii. Edmund.

2. Richard Patch (? William) was buried at South Petherton, co. Somer-
set, 22 Apr. 1595. He married Joan , who was buried at South

Petherton 16 Sept. 1594. He was churchwarden at South Petherton
in 1589.

Children, baptized at South Petherton :

5. i. Richard, bapt. 27 July 1579.
ii. Mart, bapt. 16 May 1586; m. at South Petherton, 7 Aug. 1616,

Thomas Prince.

3. Nicholas Patch (? William) was buried at South Petherton, co.
Somerset, 25 Dec. 1637. He married first, at South Petherton,
28 Jan. 1577/8, Christian Denman, who was buried at South

Petherton 7 Dec. 1579; and secondly Jane , who was buried

at South Petherton 12 May 1633. He was churchwarden at South
Petherton in 1600.

Child by first wife, baptized at South Petherton:
i. Joan, bapt. 7 Dec. 1579; perhaps the Joan, dau. of Nicholas, who
was bur. at South Petherton 28 May 1598.

J Children by second wife, baptized at South Petherton :

ii. Mart, bapt. 28 Oct. 1580.

iii. Frances, bapt. 24 Oct. 15S6; perhaps the Frances who m. at South
Petherton, 4 Nov. 1621, Walter Browne.

iv. Edmund, bapt. 23 Mar. 1588/9; bur. at South Petherton 21 Feb.
1596/7.

v. John, bapt. 18 Jan. 1590/1; bur. at South Petherton 16 Aug. 1617.

vi. Nicholas, bapt. in Feb. 1591/2; bur. at South Petherton 18 Feb.
1592/3.

vii. Elizabeth, bapt. 16 Apr. 1594; m. at South Petherton, 29 Jan.
1617/18, William Woodbubt. They emigrated to New England
and settled at Salem, Mass., where he had a grant of land in 1637.
He was admitted to the church at Salem 29 Dec. 1639, and his
wife was admitted to the church 21 Oct. 1640. He was admitted
as freeman 2 June 1641, and d. 29 Jan. 1676/7, aged (according to
his inventory) abt. 88. In his will, dated 5 June 1663 and proved
26 June 1677, he names wife Elizabeth, sons Nicholas (the eldest),
William, Andrew, Hugh, and Isaac, and dau. Hannah Haskell. His
dau. Hannah, who d. at Ipswich, Mass., in 1703, m. (1) abt. 1646 her
first cousin, James Patch (6, ii), q.v., and m. (2) Mark Haskell.

6. viii. Nicholas, bapt. 26 June 1597.

ix. Fortune, bapt. 27 May 1600; m. at South Petherton, 2 May 1621,
William Hillerd.

x. Joan, bapt. 14 Mar. 1601/2; perhaps the Joan who m. at South
Petherton, 5 Jan. 1631/2, Andrew Elliott.*

xi. Richard, bapt. 22 Jan. 1604/5; probably the Richard who m. at
South Petherton, 22 Jan. 1628/9, Mart White. Children, bapt.
at South Petherton: 1. Francis, bapt. 16 Aug. 1630. 2. Eliza-
beth, bapt. 12 June 1632. 3. Anne, bapt. 2 Mar. 1636/7.f

* There were many Elliotts or Eliotts at East Coker, co. Somerset, only a few miles
southeast of South Petherton. Ad Andrew Eliott, son of William, was baptized at
East Coker in 1627, and died at Beverly, Mass., 1 Mar. 1703/4, aged about 76 years.
He was town clerk of Beverly for many years, and the founder of a New England
family.

t Of these children, Francis and Elizabeth were baptized as children of Richard,
and Anne as a child of Richard and Mary. All three were probably children of Richard

1917] Genealogical Research in England 169

4. Edmund Patch (? WiUiam) was buried at South Petherton, co. Somer-
set, 2 Aug. 1617. The name of his wife is unknown.

Children, bapt. at South Petherton:

i. Thomas, bapt. 3 Aug. 1589.

ii. Nicholas, bapt. 8 Nov. 1591 [sic]: bur. at South Petherton 27 Nov.
1591.

in. Joan, bapt. 16 Apr. 1592 [sic]: bur. at South Petherton 19 Feb.
1611/12.

iv. Elizabeth, bur. at South Petherton 10 Dec. 1600.

v. Edith, bapt. 27 June 1597; m. at South Petherton, 16 Oct. 1628,
Michael Chicke.

vL Edmund, bapt. 22 Sept. 1601 ; probably the Edmund who emigrated
to New England and settled at Salem, Mass., where he was
proprietor in 1639. Edmund of Salem d. 10 Nov. 1680, and
administration on his estate was granted to his "nephew,"
Thomas Patch, probably the Thomas who was s. of Nicholas (6),
the word "nephew" therefore in this case signifying • cousin.
Child: 1. Abraham, bapt. 5 Aug. 1649; of Ipswich in 1667; m.
at Ipswich, 13 Mar. 1670/1, Eunice Fraile, b. in Dec. 1644, dau.
of George and Elizabeth of Lynn; had issue.

vii. Richard, bapt. 31 July 1604.*

viii. William, bapt. 29 May 1609.

5. Richard Patch (Richard, ? WiUiam) was baptized at South Petherton,

co. Somerset, 27 July 1579. He married there, 26 Jan. 1606/7 [sic],
Joan Lavor.*

Children, baptized at South Petherton:
i. Mart, bapt. 10 Jan. 1606/7; bur. at South Petherton 13 Jan.

1606/7.
ii. William, bapt. 31 Jan. 1608/9; m. Agnes . Children,

bapt. at South Petherton: 1. Edmund, bapt. 11 Nov. 1639; bur.

at South Petherton 31 Jan. 1639/40. 2. John, bapt. 20 Feb.

1640/1. 3. James, bapt. 5 Feb. 1643/4. 4. Mary, bapt. 5 Sept.

1648.

hi. Nicholas, bapt. 9 Sept. 1611.
• iv. Sarah, bapt. 10 July 1615; m. at South Petherton, 22 Apr. 1641,

John Leake.
v. Richard, bapt. 20 June 1620.

6. Nicholas Patch (Nicholas, ? WiUiam), of South Petherton, co. Somer-

set, and later of Salem and Beverly, Mass., baptized at South Pether-
ton 26 June 1597, died in New England before 26 Nov. 1673, when
administration was granted on his estate. He married at South
Petherton, 17 Sept. 1623, Elizabeth OwLET.t He had a grant of
land at Salem, Mass., in 1639, was admitted to the church 14 Apr.
1650, and was one of the founders of the church at Beverly in 1667.
At a court held at Salem, 6 July 1647, "Nicholas Patch, sr. and Willia
Woodbery & Company, inhabitants of Makerell Cove," petition to
be exempted from watching, and their petition was referred to the
General Court (Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex
County, vol. 1, p. 118). At a court held at Salem, 2 Jan. 1650/1,

and Mary (White). It is possible, but hardly probable, that Mary White may not
have been the wife of this Richard (3, xi) but may have been the second wife of the
Richard who m. 26 Jan. 1606/7 Joan Lavor (vide infra, 5) or the wife of the Richard
who was baptized 31 July 1604 (vide infra, 4, vii).

_ * Possibly this may be the Richard who married, 22 Jan. 1628/9, Mary White; but
videjsupra, 3, xi, with footnote.

t In the Calendar of Wills and Administrations in the Court of the Archdeacon of
Taunton, Parts I and II, 1537-1799, published by the British Record Society, Limited,
the surname Owley is not found among the surnames of testators, but several wills of
testators named Owsley or Owslye are listed, among them the will of John Owslye of
South Petherton, in 1610.

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Nicholas Patch was freed from training, on account of his age (t&.,
vol. 1, p. 205). "Widow Anis Woodbery, Nicholas Patch, her brother
and his wife, John Hill and his wife, Abigail Hill, Rachill Rayment,
Hanah Woodbery and John Grover" testified in a case concerning
an illegal will of Agnis Baulch [Agnes Balch] of Salem, deceased,
presented 24 Nov. 1657 (Probate Records of Essex County, vol. 1,
pp. 263-264). At a court at Salem, 26 Nov. 1673, administration
on the estate of Nicholas Patch of Beverly, deceased, intestate, was
granted to John and Thomas Patch, sons of the deceased, and the
sons presented an agreement for a division of the estate between
them, which was allowed (Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts
of Essex County, vol. 5, p. 255).
Children:

i. John, of Salem and Beverly, Mass., bapt. at South Petherton, co.
Somerset, 26 Dec. 1623; m. Elizabeth Brackenbuby, b. at
Salem abt. 1630, d. at Beverly 15 Jan. 1714/15, aged 85,* dau. of
Richard and Ellen. They had issue.

ii. James, bapt. at South Petherton, co. Somerset, 18 Sept. 1626; d.
at Beverly, Mass., 10 Aug. 1658; m. abt. 1646 his first cousin,
Hannah Woodbuby, who d. at Ipswich, Mass., in 1703, dau.
of William and Elizabeth (Patch) (vide supra, 3, vii). She m.
(2) Mark Haskell of Ipswich, who d. before 30 Mar. 1669 (Records
and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, vol. 4, p. 122).
The will of James Patch, dated 7 Aug. 1658 and proved at Salem
1 Nov. 1658; names wife Hannah, s. James, daughters Mary
Patch and Elizabeth Patch, and testator's two brothers, Nicholas
Woodbery and John Patch (who are to be overseers) (Probate
Records of Essex County, vol. 1, p. 270). They had issue.

iii. Thomas, of Wenham, Mass., b. abt. 1638; d. at Wenham 19 Feb.
1721/2, aged 83; m. Mary Scott of Ipswich, Mass., who d. at
Wenham 26 Sept. 1723, aged above 80 years, dau. of Thomas.
They had issue.
Probably others, older than Thomas.

— Editor.]

Gifford-Master

The Will of Thomas Gefford, 10 October 1511. To be buried in the
parish church of Twyford [co. Bucks]. To the mother church of Lincoln
3s. 4d. To the church at Twyford one paire of vestments. To Jane, my
wife, my purchestt house in Marysche [?], to have it towards paying my
debts. The exchange of land that I made with Richard ffranclyne and
Thomas Licerworytt and Jone, his wife, shall stand. I charge my son upon
my blessing to come home and take his wife unto him. Thomas Langston
and Richard Samwell to make my daughter Mary sure of her jointure.
Residuary legatees: Jayne, my wife, Thomas Langston, and Richard Sam-
well, and they are to be my executors. Supervisor: My Lord of Notley.
Witnesses: Thomas Radishe of Hertwell, Sir John Dayll, Clerke, Richard
Spenser, and others. Proved 18 November 1511 by Thomas Friser, proctor
for Joan, the relict and executrix named in the will. (P. C. C, Fettiplace, 4.)

The Will of Roger Gyfforde of Mydle Cleydon in the County of Bucks,
Esquire, 24 September 1538. To be buried in the parish church of All Saints
in Mydle Cleydon. To the parson of said church, for tithes omitted and

• The Vital Records of Beverly give 15 Jan. 1715 as the date of her death, and her
age as 85 years, on the authority of a gravestone inscription. The following notice
from the Boston Nexos-LeUer is printed in Register, vol. 4, p. 289:

"Salem, January 21, [1714-5]. On the 14th Currant there died at Beverly Elizabeth
Patch, aged 86 years; she was the first born English Female of this Town, and of all
that part of the Province formerly call'd the Massachusetts-Colony."

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forgotten, 6s. 8d. To the mother church of St. Paul in London 3s. 4d.
Whereas I hold the manor of Mydle Cleydon, with appurtenances, in the
County of Bucks, of Raufe Verney of Penley in the County of Hertford,
Esquire, by his deed dated 14 November, 27 Henry VIII [1535], for the term
of ninety-five years yet to come, which lease I purchased for the living of
Mary, my wife, if she overlive me, and for my own natural sons, I will and
bequeath said lease to George Gyfforde, my second son, to John Gyfforde,
my eldest son, to Rauffe Gyfforde, my third son, to William Gyfforde, my
fourth son, and to Nycholas Gyfforde, my youngest son, provided that the
manner and form of occupation of said manor shall be observed as herein
expressed: my son George solely to have the occupation of said farm and
every commodity thereof for the term of forty-one years; but if said George
die during the forty-one years, said grant is then to cease. Said George is to
pay all rents and charges due by virtue of said lease, during his occupation
thereof, and is also to pay my said son John Gyfforde during his occupation
of said lease, at the two usual terms of the year, £20 yearly, and if said John
die, said George shall pay £20 yearly, equally divided among his brethren.
After the decease of said George said John Gyfforde shall have the occupation
of said'farm of Cleydon during the term of forty-one years; or if said George's
term of forty-one years expires, said John shall hold the lease for forty-one
years; and for lack of him the next brother in age, and so the remainder to
follow to my other sons until the last of my said sons; and when my last son
surviving shall die, then any years re mainin g shall be granted by him to the
heir male of my eldest son John, to have and to hold to him, his heirs and
assigns, the residue of years yet to come. All my other leases I will to my
son George Gyfforde, to be ordered in like m ann er and form as the lease of
the aforesaid manor of Cleydon. If I have not, at the time of my decease,
paid the £100 I promised my son Nycholas Gyforde, then my executors shall
pay said Nycholas £100 within one year of my decease. My said son George
shall give to my said wife Mary the annuity of 100 markes [?] and meat and
drink for her and her maid. To my son John Gyfford £100. I forgive my
son George his debt of £220, he paying within thirteen months after my death
to my son William Gyfforde £40 and to my son Nycholas £40. I freely
forgive my son Rauffe Gyfforde the £35 he oweth me. Residuary legatee:
my wife Mary. Executors: my wife Mary and my sons John Gyfforde,
George, Rauffe, William, and Nycholas. I set my seal to this my last will
and testament this 28 April, 34 Henry Vni [1542].

I give further to my son John Gifforde my three gilt goblets with the
covers; to my son George my best down bed and my best counterpoint;
to every other of my sons one of my best feather beds and beds of down, to
be delivered to them after the death of my wife Mary Gifforde; to my godson
Roger, my son John Gifforde's son, £3. 6s. 8d.; to my godson Roger, my son
Rauffe Gifforde's son, £3. 6s. 8d.; to my godson Thomas, my son George's
son, a cup of the value of £3. 6s. 8d., with this scripture on it: " My godfather
& graunde father Roger gave me Thomas this cupp"; to my daughter
Dawnsty a gilte spoon; to my sister Fongan a gilt spoon; to my brother
Robert Gyfforde 40s.

[Signed] 2 December, 34 Henry VIII [1542], my mother Mary Gyfforde,
William Smythe, John Mason, and Elyn Gyfforde being then present, on the
Saturday in the morning, per me, George Gyfford, as commanded by my
father, the said Roger, on the day and year last stated. Proved 8 February
1543/4 by Robert Alen, notary public, proctor for the relict, John Gyfford,
George Gyfford, Rafe Gyfford, William Gyfford, and Nicholas Gyfford, the
executors named, etc. (P. C. C, Pynnyng, 2.)

The Will of John Maister of the Towne porte of Sandwiche [co. Kent],
24 August 1558. To be buried in the Chapel of Our Lady Saint Mary within

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the church of Sandwiche. To said church towards the reparation 20s. To
the high altar of said church, for tithes and oblations negligently forgotten,
6s. 8<L To the poor people of said parish at my burial 40s., at my month's
tide 40s., and at my twelve month's day 40s. I will there be said at my burial
ten masses, at my month's day ten masses, and at my twelve month's day
ten masses. My executore shall buy canvas and other necessary things for
the renewing of the bedding at St. John's House, within the Town of Sand-
wiche, to the value of 20s. To Elizabeth, my wife, £100, to be paid within
three months of my death. My household stuff shall be divided into five
parts, whereof [I bequeath] to Elizabeth, my wife, one part, to Peter Maister,
my son, one part, to James, my son, one part, to John Maister, my son, one
part, and [to] the child she is conceived with the fifth part. My wife Elisa-
beth shall have the custody of James, my son, and John, my son, till full age
or day of marriage, she finding surety to my overseers for the same. If said
James, John, or the child unborn die, or any one of them, then I will that such
portion remain to Elizabeth, my wife. To my brother-in-law, Richard
Marten of Rye, my russet gown furred with fox. To Elizabeth, my wife,
my scarlet gown. To Thomas Maister, my son, my coat faced with foynes
before and fox behind. To Peter Mayster, my son, the residue of my ap-
parel. To my sister Marten of Rye a gold ring with a red stone, which lieth
in pawn for 40s. Whereas John Worme of London do owe me £30 and
upwards, if said John Worme do pay his sister Agnes Worme 20 marks, I
forgive him the rest of the money he oweth me. I forgive John Benjamall
all such money as he oweth me. I forgive all those that be not well able to
pay me all such debts as be under 13s. 4d. Symond Lynche of Sandwiche
shall have my best gelding. To Agnes Gifford, my daughter, £20, to be paid
within twelve months of my death. To every child that my said daughter
may now have alive £20, to be paid in like manner. To every godchild that
I now have alive 12d. To my goddaughter Agnes Menys 13s. 4d. To my
cozen Agnes Gryffyn 20s. To the child she now hath alive 6s. 8d. To John
Sperte, sometime my servant, 20s. To Walter Woodcocke, my boy, 40s.
To Jerome Jones 40s., my old cloak, my cote jerkyn, and my hoose clothe of
marble, a gown of sheepes colour furred with foynes. Whereas I have given
to Elizabeth, my wife, £100 and the one fifth part of my household stuff and
also a certain house and lands at Worthe, for the term of her life, if my said
wife be not content to give unto my sons Thomas Maister and Peter Maister
and my other sons a clear acquittance for any dower that she may claim on
and above £10 a year given her out of my manor of Stodmershe, then all such
bequests unto said Elizabeth shall not stand as gifts until she hath given
them a lawful discharge for her dowry as aforesaid. Residuary legatees:
Elizabeth, my wife, James Maister, my son, John Maister, and the child yet
unborn. Executors: Elizabeth, my wife, and Thomas Colwell. Overseers:
My brother William Payne of Canterbury and Thomas Maister, my son, to
either of whom I give 40s. and to Thomas Colwell £4.

Concerning my lands, tenements, and hereditaments: I will that my
eldest son Thomas Maister shall have all the manor of Stodmershe, in the
County of Kent, with all appurtenances, etc., except such lands, marshes,
and hereditaments hereafter mentioned willed to Peter Maister, my son, to
belong to said Thomas Mayster, his heirs and assigns, for ever; so that
neither said Thomas Maister nor his heirs nor b ssigns claim any part of the
manor of Estlangdon, hereafter mentioned, nor any lands, etc., assigned unto
James Maister, my son, and so that said Thomas Maister do release to said
Peter all such lands, etc., hereafter mentioned, willed to said Peter. And if said
Thomas do claim any of said lands, etc., willed to said James Maister, my
son, and any of the mershes, etc., willed to said Peter, then said James shall
have two parts of the manor of Stodmershe, to said James and his heirs of his
body; and for lack of such heirs [remainder] to my son John Maister and the

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heirs of his body; and for lack of such heirs [remainder] to the heirs of me,
the said John Maister, and Elizabeth, now my wife; and for lack of such
hejrs [remainder] to Agnes Gifford and the heirs of her body lawfully begotten.
To said Thomas Maister, my son, and to his heirs and assigns for ever all the
houses and lands which I purchased of John Russell in the parish of Stod-
mersh, and also my garden at Matsole in the parish of St. Peter in the town
of Sandwiche. To said Peter, my son, and the heirs of his body my house
at Norwood, wherein Robert Williams now liveth, with the five acres of land
thereto assigned, also mershes called Normeade, Guttermershe, Stowes
Marshe, Newe Marshes, Harper Mershe, Poll Mershe, Coulde Mershe, Rifte
Mershe, the Great Common Mershe, and the Little Common Mershe, and
one piece of arable land containing fourteen acres, in the field called North
field near the barne called Stod-mersh barne, said Peter paying yearly to my
said wife Elizabeth £10, given to her by me for marriage jointure, and paying
to my son Thomas and his heirs the yearly rent of £10. If said Peter die
without heirs, said premises assigned to my son Peter shall remain to John
Maister, my godson, son of said Thomas Maister (my son), and to the heirs
of said John. To said Peter £40, which John Parker hath of mine. To my
son James Maister and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten all that manor
of Est Langdon in the County of Kent, with all the lands, etc., thereto be-
longing. If James, my son, die without heirs, said manor of Est Langdon,
with all lands, etc., shall remain to John Maister, my son, and his heirs, and
for lack of such issue to the heirs of me, John Maister, and Elizabeth, my wife.
To James Maister, my son, my mershe called Bexley Lees and the mersh
called the Harp thereto adjoining. My friends Thomas Colwell, William
Payne, Robert Thompson, and Thomas Severne, by an indenture made by
me, shall receive the rents, profits, etc., during the minority of James, my son,
until he reach the age of twenty-one years, and shall pay to my wife Elizabeth
£10 for her own use, and also for every of the children of me and said Elizabeth
£10 during her widowhood for the bringing up of said children, the residue
of such issues to be accounted for by said four trustees when said children or
the survivors of them attain the age of twenty-one years or day of marriage.
If Elizabeth, my wife, marry again, she shall have no part of said issues, but
said Thomas Colwell, my executor, shall have £4 yearly for his pains and
£10 yearly for the finding of schooling, meat and drink, and apparell for each
child. Concerning my little piece of ground at the Mayden Towre, my
executors shall receive the yearly rents thereof until my son James come to
the age of twenty-one years, employing the same yearly in buying wood to
be distributed among the poor in the town of Sandwich; and when said James
shall attain the age of twenty-one years, I will the said land to him and his
heirs for ever, providing yearly for ever four loads of wood for distribution to
the poor of Sandwiche.

Touching the disposition of my plate: To Thomas Maister, my son, a
goblett with a cover, partly gilt, a pott of silver with a cover, partly gilt, and
four silver spoons. To Peter Maister, my son, a goblet of silver, partly gilte,
a pot of silver, partly gilt, and four silver spoons. To Agnes Gifforde, my
daughter, a goblet of silver, partly gilt, a pot of silver, partly gilt, and four
silver spoons. The residue of my plate shall be divided between my wife
and the children of me and her.

Witnesses: John Stewarde, Clerk, Vicar of the parish of Our Lady afore-
said, Thomas Severne of Sandwich, yeoman, Robert Redwoode of Wickham-
borough, yeoman, and George Owen of Little Borne [?]. Proved 14 June
1559 by Thomas Colwell and Elizabeth Maister, in the person of said Thomas
Colwell, the executor named in the will. (P. C. C, Chaynay, 27.)

[Thomas Gefford, of Twyford, co. Bucks, the testator of 1511, and Roger
Gyffortie, of Middle Claydon, co. Bucks, the testator of 1538, were brothers,

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being sons of John Gifford of Twyford, as appears from a comparison of the
pedigree printed in vol. 5, pp. 176-181, of the Publications of the Harleian
Society (The Visitations of the County of Oxford) with the pedigree printed
on pp. 93-94 of Metcalfe's edition of the Visitations of Northamptonshire,
1564 and 1618-19, and from a careful study of the two Gifford wills given
above. The Giffard or Gifford family was a well-known family of Norman
descent, which came into England in the days of the Conqueror. From an
early date a branch of the family was settled at Twyford, co. Bucks, and for
the earlier generations of this branch the Visitations of the County of Oxford,
referred to above, may be consulted. The following brief genealogy, which
begins with the father of the testators of 1511 and 1538, has been compiled
from the two pedigrees already referred to, the two Gifford wills given
above, and a few other books which will be cited in their proper places, and
shows the position of the testators of 1511 and 1538 in the Gifford family
and their relationship to William Sargent, who settled at Maiden, Mass., in
1638.

1. John Gifford [of Twyford, co. Bucks], living 3 Henry "VT [1424-5], son
■ of Sir Thomas Gifforde, Knight, living 17 Henry VI [1438-9], by his wife

Eleanor, daughter and heiress of Sir Thomas Vaux of Fringford, co. Oxford,
Knight, married [first] Agnes Winslow, daughter and coheiress of Thomas,
Esq., living 16 Henry VI [1437-8], and Agnes (Andrewes); and [secondly]

Alice .

Children by first wife:*

2. i. Thomas, living 12 Edward IV [1472-3].
ii. John.

3. iii. Roger.
iv. William (or Edward, of Wicken [? co. Cambridge or co. Northamp-
ton]), m. Vachell. Child: 1. Anna, heiress, m. (1)

Vincent Curson of Waterperry, co. Oxford; m. (2) Edward
[Windsor], brother of Lord Windsor.

Children by second wife:
v. Edmund.
vi. Robert, mentioned in a codicil to the will of his brother Roger,

2 Dec. 1542.
vii. Eleanor, m. Roger Samwell.
viii. Isabella, m. John Ardern of Utteford.
ix. Alice, m. Thomas Perwich of co. Leicester.
x. Margaret, m. William Porter of Campden. .

2. Thomas Gifford (John), of Twyford, co. Bucks, the testator of 1511,
. living 12 Edward IV [1472-3], died between 10 Oct. 1511 and 18 Nov.

1511. He married Jane Langston, who survived him, daughter and

heiress of John of Caversfield, co. Bucks.
Children:

i. Thomas, lord of [the manor of] Twyford, 3 Henry VII [1487-8], m.
Mart Statelet, dau. and heiress of William, of Bignell, co.
Oxford, Esq., whose wife was a daughter of Sir John Francis,
Knight. Child: 1. Ursula, heiress, d. at Twyford 7 Dec. 1558;
m. Sir Thomas Wenman, of Carswell and Witney, co. Oxford,
Knight, s. of Richard, of Carswell, Esq., and Anna (Bushe) ; for
issue see Publications of the Harleian Society, vol. 5, p. 179.

ii. Anna, m. Richard Samwell of Edgcote [co. Northampton], who
is mentioned in the will of his father-in-law, Thomas Gifford, in
1511.

iii. Mart, living in 1511; m. William Becke of Stow [? Stowe, co.
Bucks].

* In this Gifford genealogy children are given in the order indicated by the Visita-
tions, in which all the sons of a marriage are usually named before the daughters.

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3. Roger Gifford (John), of Middle Claydon, co. Bucks, Esq., the testa-
tor of 1538, died between 2 Dec. 1542 and 8 Feb. 1543/4. He married
Mary Nansicles, who was living 8 Feb. 1543/4, daughter of William.

Children:

i. John, of Hillesden, co. Bucks, living 8 Feb. 1543/4; m. Dorothy
Dannett, dau. of Sir John of Dannett's Hall, Knight. For issue
see Publications of the Harleian Society, vol. 5, p. 180.

ii. Sir George, of Middle Claydon, co. Bucks, Knight, living 8 Feb.
1543/4; m. (1) Constance Dyke, dau. and coheiress of Henry of
co. Sussex; m. (2) Margaret Bradfteld, dau. and coheiress of

Bradfield; m. (3) Trapes of London. For issue

see Publications of the Harleian Society, vol. 5, p. 180.

iii. Ralph Gifford, of Steeple-Claydon, co. Bucks, living 8 Feb.

1543/4; m. Chamberlain.* For issue see Publications

of the Harleian Society, vol. 5, p. 180.

iv. William, probably d. young.

v. William, of Thorpe-Mandeville, co. Northampton, living 8 Feb.
1543/4; d. s.p.; m. Alice Frebody, dau. and heiress of Hugh.
4. vi. Nicholas.

vii. Alice, m. Thomas Carill.

viii. Jane, living 2 Dec. 1542; m. (1) Thomas Cartwright; m. (2)
William Leyborne; m. (3) before 2 Dec. 1542 Ambrose Dancy.

4. Nicholas Gifford (Roger, John), of St. James's Abbey, Northampton,
living 8 Feb. 1543/4, married, prior to 24 Aug. 1558, Agnes Master,
daughter of John of Sandwich, co. Kent, of whom a brief account is
given below.

Children:

i. Roger, of St. James's Abbey, Northampton, m. Amy Samwell,
dau. of Francis of Thorpe, co. Northampton. Children: 1.
Francis, of St. James's Abbey, living 1618; m. Jane Troughton,
dau. of Richard of Hanslope, co. Bucks; twelve children, the
eldest s., Boger, being 21 years old in 1618. 2. Thomas, of Ash-
ley, co. Northampton, m. Elizabeth Gate. 3. George, living in
1618. 4. Mary, m. Alexander Moore of St. James's End [co.
Northampton].

ii. George, m. Ann Prestland, dau. of John. Children: 1. Roger.
2. Edward. 3. Valentyne. 4. Elizabeth. 5. Ann.

iii. Anne, m. Morton.

iv. Mary, m. John Wilson.

v. Margaret, m. Hugh Sargent of Courteenhall, co. Northampton,
b. probably abt. 1530, d. 23 Feb. 1595/6. They had fifteen
children, b. between 1555 and 1579. Their fourth child was
Roger, of the town of Northampton, mercer, mayor of Northamp-
ton in 1626, b. abt. 1562; d. in July 1649; m. 3 Jan. 1589/90 Ellen
Makernes, who d. in Oct. 1645, dau. of William of Finedon, co.
Northampton; eleven children, of whom the seventh child, Wil-
liam, bapt. 20 June 1602, emigrated to New England in 1638 and
settled in that part of Charlestown, Mass., which was set off in
1649 as the town of Maiden, his farm being in the part of Maiden
which was set off in 1870 as the town of Everett. For Hugh
Sargent and his descendants see Aaron Sargent's Sargent Gene-
alogy, 1895.

John Master, of Sandwich, co. Kent, merchant, the testator of 1558,
whose daughter Agnes married Nicholas Gifford of St. James's Abbey, co.
Northampton (vide supra, 4), died between 24 Aug. 1558 and 14 June 1559.

He married first ; and secondly Elizabeth Tomson, who survived

him and married secondly Henry Boteler of Eastry, co. Kent. According to

* According to the Dictionary of National Biography, vol. 7, p. 1174, of the reissue,
she was Mary, daughter of Sir Edward Chamberlain of Woodstock, co. Oxford.

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Burke's Landed Gentry of Great Britain, tenth edition, p. 1078, John Master
is first mentioned in 1520, was mayor of Sandwich in 1528, 1543, 1552, and
1556, was a warden of the Cinque Ports and as such was one of the bearers
of the canopy of Queen Anne Boleyn at her coronation, and was a baron of
Parliament for Sandwich in 1544 and 1554. King Henry VIII granted to
him the manor of East Langdon, co. Kent. Apparently his sons Thomas and
Peter and his daughter Agnes were children by his first wife, and James and
John were sons by his second wife. For this family see Burke's Landed
Gentry, ut supra, and Philipott's Visitation of the County of Kent, taken in
the year 1619, London, 1863, pp. 44-48. — Editor.]

[To be continued]

CONNECTICUT CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS

Copied by Joel N. Eno, A.M., of Hartford, Conn.
[Continued from vol. 70, page 244]

WINDHAM
Windham Centre Cemetery*

In memory of Mrs. Abigail Abbe Wife of Mr. John Abbe. She died Octr ye

16th 1766 in ye 63d year of her Age.
In memory of Ann W. daughter of Lucius & Mary B. Abbe who died March

16th 1819 aged 1 year & 6 months.
In memory of Belle ye Daughr to Mr. Phinehas Abbe & Mrs. Mary his Wife.

She Died Deer 21st 1774 in ye 5th year of her Age.
In memory of Hervy son of Mr. Hezekiah Abbe & Martha his wife he Died

August 11th 1782 in ye 2d year of his age.
In memory of Mr. John Abbe who died Jany 6th 1771 in ye 73d Year of his

Age.
In memory of Mr. Joshua Abbe, who died Jan. 13th A.D. 1807 in the 66th

year of his age.
In memory of Lucius Son to Shubael Abbe, Esqr & Lucy his wife: he Died

Deer 6th 1785 Age 8 weeks & 6 days.
In memory of Lucy Daughr to Mr. Phinehas Abbe & Mary his wife She

Died Deer 13th 1774 in ye 7th year of her Age.
Mrs. Lucy Abbe relict of Shubael Abbe Esq. died June 21st 1818 Aged 66.
In memory of Mrs. Mary ye Wife of Mr. John Abbe & Dau'r of Decon Abel

Bingham who Died July ye 23d 1722 in ye 46th Year of her Age.
In memory of Mrs. Mary ye Wife of Mr. John Abbe & Daur of Mr. Sam'll

Palmer who Died Novr ye 30th 1750 in ye 59th Year of her Age.
In memory of Mary Abbe widow of Richard Abbe Esqr who died August 25th

1759 in ye 78th year of her Age.
Here Lies ye Body of Mrs. Mary Abbe wife to Mr. Joshua Abbe who De-
parted this Life Octr ye 13th 1770 in ye 54th year of her Age.
In memory of Mary wife of Mr. Phinehas Abbe. She died July 29th 1777 in

ye 31st year of her Age.
In memory of Mr. Phinehas Abbe who died June 17th 1800 in ye 54th year

of Ins age.

• This cemetery is on the slope south of the village of Windham, on the road to
South Windham.

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Here Lyes Buried ye Body of Richard Abbe Esqr one of bis Majesties Justices
of ye Peace & one of ye Judges of ye County Court In ye County of
Windham who ... fell asleep July 10, 1737 in ye 55th year of his Age.

In memory of Shubael Abbe, Esqr who died suddenly April 16th 1804 aged
59. He graduated at Yale College in 1764 ... 1783 appointed
sheriff of the County of Windham . . . continued in the discharge of
the duties of that office till his death ....

In memory of Mrs. Susanna Abbe, Relict of Mr. Phinehas Abbe, who died
April 26th 1804 in.the 52d year of her age.

In memory of Miss Phebe Adgate Daughtr of Mr. Daniel Adgate & Mrs.
Phebe his wife of Norwich, who died July 10th, 1791. Aged 26 Years.

Here lies ye Body of Mrs. Mary Alleine ye wife of Mr. Joshua Alleine of
Mansfield by whom she had seven sons & three daughters: John,
Joshua, Gideon, Yatherton, Samuel, George, Eleazar, Miriam, Mary,
Sary. After he dyed she married Air. William Moore of Windham.

Here Lyes ye Body of Mr. Amos Allen he Departed this Life March 25th
1770 in ye 64th year of his Age. . . .

In memory of Mr. Amos Allen who Departed this Life March 28th 1788 in
ye 44th Year of his Age.

Amos D. Allen died Aug. 19, 1855 aged 82.

Here Lies ye Body of Mrs. Anne wife to Mr. Amos Allen She Died Octbr 10th
1775 in ye 30th year of her Age.

In memory of Mr. Daniel Allen who Departed this Life Novr 11th 1791 in ye
91st Year of his Age.

In memory of Mr. Daniel Allen who died Feb. 6th 1804 in ye 72d Year of
his Age.

In memory of Edward Allen who died Feb. 9, 1863 Aged 51 years.

In memory of Eunice, Daughter to Mr. Bela Allen & Naomi his wife who

Died March 30th 1797 Aged 8 Months.

In memory of Mrs. Jerusha Allen wife of Mr. Amos Allen who Died April 30th

1795 in ye 43d Year of her Age. . . .
In memory of Miss Jerusha Allen daughter of Mr. Amos & Mrs. Jerusha

Allen who died March 22d 1805 in the 20th year of her age.
In memory of Miss Jerusha Allen who died Octr ? 2th 1813 in the 71st year

of her age.
In memory of Mr. John Allen son of Mr. Amos & Mrs. Jerusha Allen who

died Jany 28th 1801 in ye 20th year of his age.
In memory of Mr. John Allen who died June 3d 1809 in the 73d year of his

age. ... '

Lucy, daughter of Amos D. & Lydia Allen died Sept. 13, 1855 aged 49.
Here Lyes ye Body of Mrs. Lydia Allen Daughr to Mr. William & Elisath

Allen She Died Octr 20th 1772 in ye 68 year of her Age.
Lydia wife of Amos D. Allen died Sept. 20, 1850 AE. 75.
In memory of Mr. Oliver Allen son of Mr. Amos & Mrs. Jerusha Allen who

died March 22d 1797 Aged 19 Years.
Oliver son of Amos D. & Lydia Allen died Sept. 12th 1800 Age 2 years &

7 months.
In memory of Roxalena, Consort of Abner Allen, who died June 27, 1818

AE. 58.
In memory of Mrs. Sarah Allen wife to Mr. Daniel Allen She Died May 15th

1787 in ye 86th Year of her Age.
In memory of Miss Sarah Allen who died Deer 9th 1804 in the 71st year of

her age.
August ye 1st 1767 Departed this Life Mr. Solomon Allen son to Mr. Daniel

& Mrs. Sarah Allen in ye 28th year of his Age.
In memory of Mr. William Allen ... he Died in the Faith Sept 19th 1785

in the 86th Year of his Age.

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In memory of Mr. William Allin who after he had served his generation by

the Will of God Departed this life on the 15th day of Decemr 1747 in

the 78th year of his age.
Betsey Babcock died Aug. 7, 1885. Aged 98.
In memory of Alford, son to Capt. Ebenezr Backus & Marcy his wife. He

Died Febry 3d 1773 in ye 3d year of his Age.
Mrs. Betsey L. Backus, wife of Mr. Luther Backus died June 9, 1827 in the

42d year of her age.
In memory of Ebenezer, son of Mr. Gurdeon & Mrs. Amanda Anna Backus :

he died June 14th 1790 in ye 6th year of his Age.
In memory of Mr. Ebenezer Backus of Norwich who died in this Town on

the 20th day of March 1797 in the 40th Year of his Age.
In memory of Huntington, son of Mr. Gurdeon & Mrs. Amanda Anna Backus :

he died Aug. 8th, 1790 in ye 2d year of his Age.
In memory of Mr. John Backus who was one of the first settlers of the Town

of Windham & served his Generation in a steady Course of Probity &

Piety & Being satisfied with Long Life was recevied to see the Salvation

of God on March the 27th 1744 in the 83d year of his age.
Jany ye 4th 1768 Departed this Life Lucretia Daughtr to Mr. Ebenr Backus

& Mrs. Marcy his wife in ye 3d year of her Age.
In memory of Mary Backus ye Daughter of Mr. John Backus & Mrs. Sibbil

Backus who died May ye 28th 1744 in ye 3d year of her Age.
In memory of Mrs. Mary ye wife of Mr. John Backus who Died Febr ye 19th

1747 in ye 76th Year of her Age.
Here lies the Body of Nathanael Backus who died Aug ye XVth 1720 in ye

9th year of his age.
Nathaniel ye son of Mr. John Backus junr & Mrs. Sibil Backus who died

November ye 29th 1727 aged one yeare & ten months.
Here lies ye Body of Mr. Samuel Backus: he Departed this Life Octbr 14th

1776 in ye 84th year of his Age.
In memory of Shubel son to Mr. Demetrius Backus & Lydia his wife: he

Died March 27, 1781 in ye 2d year of his Age.
In memory of Mrs. Sibbil wife of Mr. John Backus junr, who Died August ye

7, 1755 in ye 48th Year of her Age.
In memory of Stephen son to Mr. Demetrius & Lydia Backus his wife:

he died Augst 9, 1783 in ye 16 year of his Age.
In memory of Mrs. Zerviah Backus, wife of Mr. Luther Backus, who died

May 3, 1825, aged 48.
In memory of Mrs. AbigaiLDaughr of Mr. Joseph & Mrs. Anne Badcock who

Died Sept. 7 1775 in the 20th Year of her Age.
In memory of Mrs. Anne Badcock relict of Mr. Joseph Badcock who died

Jany 11, 1805 aged 82.
Here Lyes ye Body of Mr. Benjamin Badcock: he Departed this Life Janr ye

8th 1764 in ye 53d year of his Age.
Sacred to the memory of Charlotte Badcock relict of Daniel Badcock who

died June 12, 1852 in the 80th year of her age.
In memory of Mr. Daniel Badcock who Died Aug. 11, 1818 AE. 56.
Mr. Elijah Badcock Died November 24 1827 Aged 77 years.
In memory of Fenno, son of Mr. Daniel & Mrs. Charlotte Badcock who died

Nov. 9, 1815. AE. 21
In memory of Mrs. Hannah wife of Mr. Elijah Badcock who died Jan. 1,

1835. Aged 80 Years.
In memory of Mr. James Badcock who died Sept. 11th 1807 in the 91st year

of his age.
In memory of Mrs. Jerusha, Consort of Mr. Daniel Badcock who died Dec. 1,

1790. AE. 22

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In memory of Mr. John Badcock son to Mr. Elijah & Hannah Badcock:

he Died March 17th 1800 Aged 21 years.
Joseph, son of Mr. Daniel & Mrs. Jerusha Badcock died Jan. 13, 1790. AE.

15 mo.
Mr. Joseph Badcock died Dec. 22d 1797 in ye 87th Year of his age.
Sacred to the memory of Mr. Nathan Badcock who died Augst 10th 1810 in

the 51st year of his age.
In memory of Mr. William son of Mr. Joseph & Mrs. Anne Badcock who

Died Sept. 21, 1775 in the 22 Year of his Age.
Here lyes ye Body of ye Dearly Beloved & Godly Woman Abigail ye wife of

Mr. Samuel Badger. She died Octr 12th 1775 in ye 60th year of her

age.
In memory of Elizabeth Badger Daughter of Capt. Edmd & Mrs. LUcretia

Badger. She died April 24th A.D. 1789 in ye 16th Year of her Age.
In memory of Lucretia, Daughtr to Capt. Edmd Badger & Lucretia his wife.

She died March 26th 1773 Aged 10 months & 21 days.
This monument is erected in memory of Mr. Samuel Badger who was born in

Newbury in the State of Massachusetts and died on ye 9th day of

April 1797 in ye 87th year of his Age.
In memory of Mr. Francis Barrows: he died Sept. 24th 1781 in ye 24th Year

of his Age.
February ye 5th 1768 Departed this Life Elisabeth Daughtr to Mr. Arter

Beben & Mrs. Elisabeth his Wife in ye 35th year of her Age.
Thomas H. son of Wm. E. Beckwith.
In memory of Zerviah daughr of Mr. Benjamin & Mrs. Clarissa Bibbens.

She died May 12th 1791 Aged 4 months & 2 days.
William Bibbins died [illegible] 1806 aged 59. ,

Also his wife Louisa Bibbins died Dec. 26, 1806 aged 60.
Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Anna Consort of Mr. Elijah Bibens who died

March 4th 1799 in ye 62d year of her age.
In memory of Arter Son of Mr. Arter Bibens, Junr & Mrs. Abigail his wife.

he Died Nour ye 1st 1754 in ye 5th Year of his Age.
In memory of Mr. Benjamin Bibens ye Son of Mr. Arter Bibens Junr & Mrs.

Abigail his wife he Died Deer ye 27th 1755 in ye 21st Year of his Age.
Sacred to the memory of Mr. Elijah Bibens who died suddenly March 28th

A.D. 1829 in the 80th year of his age.
In memory of Mrs. Silence wife of Mr. Elijah Bibens who died August 12,

1818 AE. 60.
In memory of Triphena Daughtr of Mr. Elijah & Mrs. Amey Bibens Who

Died Decern ye 17th 1764 in ye 2d year of her age.
In memory of Mr. Abel Bingham Deacon of the Church in Windham who

after an exemplary Life & Conversation died March ye 5th 1745 A.D.

Aged 76 years.
Here lies ye Body of Mr. Abel Bingham who lived desired & died Much

Lamented August 1, 1768 in ye 65th year of his Age.
Here lies ye Body of Mrs. Abigail Bingham who died March ye 30th 1741 in

ye 51st year of her age & was ye Consort of Mr. Joseph Bingham.
In memory of Miss Abigail Bingham Daughter to Mr. Abel & Mrs. Abigail

Bingham who Departed this Life October ye 23d A.D. 1747 in ye 21

year of her age.
In memory of Mrs. Anne Bingham, wife of Mr. Jonathan Bingham who was

born Octr 25th 1675 & Died Aug. 20th 1756.
In memory of Mrs. Anne Bingham relict of Mr. Abisha Bingham who died

October 29th 1813 aged 79.
In memory of Bettey Daughr to Capt. Maltier & Mercy Bingham. She

died March 10th 1779 in her 4th year.

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In memory of Mrs. Elisabeth Bingham Daughr to Mr. Abel & Mrs. Abigail

Bingham who Departed this Life Sept. ye 23d 1747 in the 19th year of

her age.
Here lies the Body of Faith Bingham who died Febry 11th 1720 aged 34

years.
In memory of Mr. Gideon Bingham who died March 19, 1791. Ae. 55.

Also In memory of Mrs. Ruth, Relict of Mr. Gideon Bingham who
died Apr. 21, 1817 AE. 84.
In memory of Miss Irene Bingham who died December 31, 1842 In the 75th

year of her age.
In memory of Jabez son of Mr. Alfred & Mrs. Zerviah Bingham who died

June 3d 1793 in ye 5th Year of his Age.
Here lies the Body of Mr. Jonathan Bingham who lived Desired & died Be-
moaned Febuary ye 28th A.D. 1751 in the 77th year of his age.
Here lies ye Body of ye Dearly Beloved & Godly Man, Mr. Joseph Bingham

who Fell asleep in Jesus Sept. ye 4th 1765 in ye 78th year of his age. _
In memory of Joseph Bingham son to Mr. Abel Bingham & Mrs. Abigail his

wife who died December ye [illegible] 1765 in the 4th year of his age.
In memory of Mr. Joseph Bingham who Died Jany ye 15th 1792 in ye 71st

Year of his Age.
In memory of Julia Daughr of Mr. John Bingham & Eunice his wife. [Re-
mainder of inscription hidden by the earth.]
In memory of Capt. Maltiah Bingham, who died March 10, 1814 aged 76

years.
Mrs. Mary ye late wife of Mr. Thomas Bingham who died Avgvst ye 5 1726

& in ye 78 year of her age.
Mrs. Mary Bingham late wife of Mr. Nathaniel Bingham Junr Died March

ye 4, 1735 & in ye 23d 3 r ear of her Age.
In memory of Mary, ye Daughter of Mr. Gideon Bingham & Ruth his wife.

She Died March 3d 1776 in ye 10 year of her Age.
In memory of Royal Bingham: he died Augst 31st 1778 in his 7th year.
James Bingham died Augst 29th 1778 in his 5th year.
Children to Capt. Maltier & Mercy Bingham.
This monument is erected in memory of Mrs. Salome Bingham, who died

August 12th, 1809 in the 32d year of her age.
Here lies Sarah Daughter of Lieut. Joseph Bingham & Mrs. Sarah his wife

born June 14th 1747 & Dyed ye same day.
Here lies ye Body of Mrs. Theody Bingham ye wife to Mr. Elison Bingham &

Daughter of Mr. Jonathan [illegible] who died April ye 6th A.D. 1751

in ye 56th [?] year of her age.
Here lies ye Body of that Holy Man of God Deacon Thomas Bingham . . .

He was ye son of Mr. Thomas & Mrs. Mary Bingham living in Sheffield

in York Shier in England: he Dyed Janr ye 16, 1729/30 in ye 88 year

of his Age.
Here Lyes Interr'd the Body of Mr. David BisseJ of Windsor who Departed

this Life June the 22nd A.D. 1762 In the 55th Year of His Age.
In memory of George E. Bissell 3d son of Hezekiah & Mrs. Anne Bissell:

he Died March 26th 1782 Aged 1 year & 21 Days.
In memory of George M. Bissell 2d Son of Hezekiah & Mrs. Anne Bissell:

he Died Novr 26th 1777 Aged 9 Months & 17 Days.
In memory of Myra ye 6th Daughr of Hezekiah Bissell, Esqr & Anne his

Wife who Died Sept. 10th 1788 Aged 13 Months.
In memory of Francis son of Mr. Amasa Bloss & Mrs. Elisabeth his wife:

he Died August 24th 1782 Aged 5 months.
In memory of Mr. Booth — John Wetmore who was born March ye 30th

Died August ye 4th A.D. 1748 in the 20th year of his age.
Mr. Cyrus Brewster died 29 Sept. 1S18 aged 49 years.

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In memory of Mrs. Elisabeth Brewster, Daughr to Mr. William & Mrs.

Damaris Brewster who died Octr ye 26th 1758 in ye 17th yer of her Age.
In memory of Erastus, son to Mr. Asa Brewster & Ruth his wife: he died

Octr 15th 1775 in ye 3d year of his Age.
In memory of Samuel, Son of Mr. David & Mrs. Sarah Brewster who died

Novr 29th 1803 aged 5 days
In memory of Mr. John Brougham who died [illegible] A.D. 1735 Aetatis

suae 78.
In memory of Mrs. [illegible] Brougham wife of Mr. John Brougham who died

Decemr ye 22d A.D. 1743 Aetatis suae 75.
Here Lies ye Body of Mr. Thomas Brown: he died Jany 10th 1773 in ye 65th

year of his Age.
In memory of Emeline daughr of John & Deborah Burgess who died August

24th 1812 aged 6 years & 5 months. %.

Julia, Daughr of Mr. John & Mrs. Deborah Burgess died March 12th 1803

aged 11 months & 17 days.
In memory of Widow Sarah Bushnell Died March 13th 1817 Aged 97.
In memory of Nancy Daughtr of Mr. John & Mrs. Anne Byron who died

Octr 16th 1725 aged 13 years.
In memory of Lucius son of Mr. Nathaniel S. Calkins & Mrs. Leah his wife

who was drowned July 5th 1800 in ye 13th year of his age.
In memory of Mr. Eleazer Carey: he Died Aug. 21st 1782 in ye 46th year of

his Age. . . .
In memory of Mrs. Fidelia Carey, wife of Mr. Waldo Carey, who died Deer

22d A.D. 1813, aged 43 years.
Freelove Dumont, wife of Waldo Carey died Aug. 9, 1859, aged 79.
In memory of Miss Julia Carey daughter of Waldo & Fidelia Carey, who died

Deer 21st A.D. 1813, aged 17 years.
In memory of Lucy, Daughr to Mr. Eleazar Carey & Mrs. Marcy his wife.

She Died Novr 30th 1774 in ye 4th year of her Age.
In memory of Mrs. Mary Carey wife of Mr. Eleazer Carey who died Octr 2d,

1802 in the 74th Year of her Age.
In memory of Mr. Waldo Carey who died August 9, 1827. Aged 55
In memory of Ensign Eleazer Cary who Died July ye 23d 1754 in ye 41st

Year of his Age.
In memory of Cap't. Eleazer Cary . . . went ... to ye Unseen World on

ye 28th of July 1754 in ye 76th Year of his Age. . . .
In memory of Lieut. Ezekiel Cary who died May 14th A.D. 1782 in ye 41st

Year of his Age.
In memory of Mrs. Lydia Cary wife to Decon Eleazar Cary. She Died

June 12th 1761 in ye 76th year of her Age.
Here lies ye Body of Mrs. Mary ye Consort to Mr. Seth Cary who died March

ye 10th A.D. 1761 in the 46th year of her Age.
In memory of Mrs. Susanna ye Daughtr of Ensign Elezer & Mrs. Jerusha

Cary who Died July ye 24th 1754 in ye 13th Year of her Age.
In memory of Miss Zerviah Cary Daughr to Mr. Nathaniel and Mrs. Zerviah

Cary who died March 24th 1786 in ye 15th year of her Age.
In memory of Mrs. Zerviah Cary relict of Mr. Ezekiel Cary who died July

19th 1815 aged 82.
In Memory of Mr. John Cates. He was a Gentleman born in England & the

first settler in the Town of Windham. By his last Will & Testament

he gave a generous Legacy To ye first Church of Christ In Windham in

Plate & a generous Legacy in Land for ye Support of ye Poor, & another

Legacy to ye Support of ye School in said Town for Ever. He died in

Windham July ye 16th 1697.
Levi, son of Mr. Benjamin & Susanna Chappel Died July 4, 1828. Aged

3 yrs & 5 mo.
Ann Gap dyed May 2, 1735.

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Mrs. Mary Clap the worthy Consort of the Revd Mr. Thorns Clap Dyed

Augst 9th 1736 in the 24th year of her Age.
Here lies Buried ye Body of Temprance Clap the Daughter of the Revnd Mr.

Thomas & Mrs. Mary Clap who died June the 3d 1731 aged five weeks.
Here lyeth Interrd ye Body of a Child of ye Revd Mr. Thomas & Mrs. Mary

Clap which was born & Dyed July the 25th 1736.
In memory of Charles son of Mr. Jabez & Mrs. Anne Clark who was born

March 6th & died at Pomfret Octr 22d 1788. »

In memory of Mr. John Clark who died July 9, 1832. Aged 64 years.

Also of Mrs. Mary Clark wife of Mr. John Clark who died Feb. 15,
1797 Aged 23 years.
In memory of John Moseley Clark son of Doctr John & Mrs. Abigail Clark

who died at Pomfret Octr 22d 1788 Aged 3 months & 20 days.
Lydia Abbe, wife of John Clark died July 25, 1854. AE. 75.
In memory of Mercy Daughter of Mr. Abel & Mrs Sarah Clark: she died

April 7th 1782 in ye 7th Year of her Age.
In memory of Miss Nabby Clark the amiable Daughr of Doer John & Mrs.

Abigail Clark who died Aug. 22d 1807 in the 18th year of her age.
Ann Clarke Died March 13, 1825. Aged 47.
Elcy R. Cogswell Died April 22, 1859. AE. 67.
Henry H. Cogswell Died Dec. 6, 1846. AE. 46.
Here lies ye Body of Mrs. Leah Cook, wife to Mr. Samuel Cook of Windham

& Last wife to Mr. James Bradford of Canterbury. She died April 28th

1775 on her birthday Aged 82 years.
In memory of Mr. Isaac Crain who died Octr 10th 1777 in ye 52d Year of his

Age. ...
In memory of Exeter Cyrus, a brave & faithful soldier. Died Sept. 20, 1828.

Aged 73.
Also Zilper his wife, who died Aug. 2, 1817. Aged 51.
In memory of Capt. Jabez Dean who Departed this life Jany 15th A.D. 1787

in ye 82d Year of his Age
In memory of Mrs. Jedidah Dean wife of Capt. Jabez Dean. She Departed

life Jany 15th 1787 in ye 72d Year of her Age.
In memory of Amos Son of Mr. Nathan Denison & Mrs. Ann his wife who

Died Septr 19th 1754 in ye 5 Year of his Age.
In memory of Mrs. Ann ye Wife of Mr. Nathan Denison who Died May 13th

1776 in ye 68th year of her Age.

In memory of Freeman Dewey, born Aug. 13, 1772 Died Aug. 12, 1807.

Mary Hibbard wife of Freeman Dewey born Sept. 27, 1773 Died
Aug. 27, 1835.
In memory of Jabez Son to Mr. Henry Dewitt & Hannah his wife. He Died

Octr 12th 1777 in ye 3d year of his Age.
In memory of Mary Ten Broek Daughr to Mr. Henry Dewitt & Hannah his

wife. She Died Augst 19th 1782 in ye 2d year of her Age.
Here lies the Body of the Wellbeloved Christian Mr. Joseph Dingley who

. . . Departed this Life April ye 1st A.D. 1752 in the 80 year of his age.
Here Lyes ye Body of Mr. Joseph Dingley he Departed this Life Deer 22d

1776 in ye 68th year of his Age.
In memory of Josiah son of Mr. Joseph Dingley Died Oct. 1757 Aged 9 [?]

Years.
Here lies ye Body of Mrs. Kathrine Dingley Consort to Mr. Joseph Dingley

who died Sept. 15th A.D. 1747 in the 68th year of her age.
In memory of Mr. Amos Dodge who died April 4th 1796 in ye 82d Year of

his Age.
Sacred to ye memory of Mrs. Hannah Dodge, Consort of Mr. Sam'll Dodg

Who Chang'd a fleeting world for an Imortal Rest June ye 1st A.D.

1783 Aetat 40. . . .

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Here lyes ye Body of Mr. Phinehas Dodge he Departed this Life July 11th

1773 in ye 40th year of his Age.
In memory of Mrs. Jerusha, wife of Mr. George Dunham who died Sept. 17th

1793 in ye 60th year of her Age.
Here lies Interr'd the Remains of Mrs. Lydia Dyar the Late Consort of Colnl

Thomas Dyar of Windham. She was born January the 15 A.D. 1695

And died March the 12th A.D. 1751 in the 57th Year of her Age.
Here lies ye Body of Eliphalet Son of Eliphalet Dyer, Esqr & Mrs. Huldah

his wife who Died Deer 4th 1749 Aged 6 weeks.
In memory of the Honourable Eliphalet Dyer Esqr who died May 13th A.D.

1807 aged 86 years.
In memory of Mrs. Elizabeth Dyer, relict of Col. Thomas Dyer died May 29,

1821. AEt 73 years.
In memory of Huldah Dyer consort of Eliphalet Dyer Esqr who died Febuy

22d 1800 in the 74th year of her age.
In memory of Mr. Jabez Dyer son of ye Honble Eliphalet Dyer & Mrs.

Huldah his wife. Graduated at Yale College Sept. 1777 & died of a

Consumption July 30th 1779 in ye 22d year of his Age.
In memory of Mr. Oliver Dyer, son of ye Honble Eliphalet Dyer & Mrs.

Huldah his wife who died June 6th, 1778 of a Consumption in ye 23d

Year of his Age.
Here lyes the Body of Lieut. Col. Thomas Dyer born at Weymouth, May 15,

1694 & Died March ye 27th A.D. 1766 in the 72d year of his Age.
In memory of Col. Thomas Dyer, who died May 19th A.D. 1808 in the 61st

year of his age.
To the memory of Mrs. Anne Elderkin Relict of Jedidiah Elderkin Esqr ...

Died as she had lived, a meek, humble charitable Christian June 14th

1804 which completed the 83d year of her age.
In memory of Jedediah Elderkin Esqr he departed this Life on the 3d of

' March 1793 in ye 75th year of his Age.
In memory of Miss Judith Elderkin daughter of Alfred & Sarah Elderkin who

died Janry 1st 1811 Aged 21 Years.
In memory of Mrs. Polly the wife of Mr. Thomas M. F. Elderkin who Died

Septr 13th 1799 in ye 21st year of her Age.
Here Lies ye Body of Mr. Israel Everit, who Departed this Life Februy ye

6th 1751 in ye 73d year of his Age.
In memory of Abiah Daughr of Mr. Eleazar Fitch & Mrs. Betsey his wife who

died August 5th 1706 in ye 6th year of her Age.
In memory of Mrs. Ann Fitch widow of Mr. Joseph Fitch late of Lebanon

Deceased who exchanged this world for a better Sept. 23d 1778 in ye

83d year of her Age.
In memory of Betsey 3rd wife of Shubael Fitch & Dau. of Stephen & Martha

Comins died March 5, 1852.' Aged 73.
In memory of Mr. Eleazer Fitch who died Novr 11th 1815 in the 73d year of

his age.
In memory of Mrs. Elisabeth Fitch Wife of Capt. John Fitch, Esqr who Died

June ye 24th A.D. 1751 in ye 76th Year of her Age.
In memory of Elizabeth Daughr to Mr. Eleazer Fitch & Sibbel his wife

She Died Novr 12th 1775 in ye 4th year of her age.
Miss Elizabeth Fitch Died February 23, 1838 Aged 55 years.
In memory of Capt. Jabez Fitch, who died June 23d 1789 in ye 42d Year of

his Age. . . .
James Son of Mr. John & Mrs. Clarissa Fitch Died April 19th 1781 Aged one D.
In memory of Capt. John Fitch, Esqr & Son to the Revd Mr. James Fitch

Pastor of the Church of Christ in Norwich and the Loveing Well Be-
loved Consort of Mrs. Elisabeth Fitch. . . . Died May the 24th A.D.

1743 in the 77th year of his age.

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In memory of John Fitch junr A.B. who Died June ye 25th 1755 in ye 22d

Year of his Age. . .
Here Lyes the Body of Capt. John Fitch Son to Capt. John Fitch & Elisabeth

his Wife Who Died with ye Small-pox Feby 19th 1760 Aged 54 years &

11 months.
The Grave of Julia Fitch Born April 13th 1795 Died May 24th 1825. . . .
In memory of Mr. Luther Fitch who departed this Life March 8th A.D. 1814

aged 29 years.
Mr. Shubael Fitch died March 1, 1834. AE. 84

Mrs. Asenath Fitch 2nd wife of Mr. Shubael Fitch died November 4,

1813. AE. 59.
Asenath, their daughter died April 19th 1816 in the 22nd year of her age.
This is in remembrance of Mrs. Sibbel Fitch wife of Mr. Eleazer Fitch who

died July ye 7th 1786 in ye 38th Year of her Age.
In memory of Mrs. Tryphena wife of Mr. Shubael Fitch who died Octr 27th,

1790 in ye 38th Year of her Age.
In memory of Tryphena Daughr of Mr. Shubael & Mrs. Tryphena Fitch who

died April 8th 1809 in the 21st year of her age.
Here lies ye Body of Mr. Bartholomew Flint: he Died April 19, 1769 in ye

43d year of his Age.
In memory of Mrs. Damaris Flint wife of Mr. James Flint who died Augst 6th

1806 in the 63d year of her age.
To the memory of Eli Flint, son of James Flint who died May 17th 1793 of

the Small Pox in ye 29th Year of his Age.
In memory of Eliphalet Son of Mr. Nathan Flint & Mrs. Olive his wife he

died May 7th 1784 Aged 4 months.
Here Lyes ye Body of Mr. Gideon Flint he Departed this Life March ye 12th

1764 in ye 35th year of his Age.
This Stone is erected in memory of Mr. James Flint who died May 23d AD.

1788 in ye 60th Year of his Age. . . .
Sacred to the memory of Mr. John Flint who died Sept. 2d 1810 in the 62d

year of his age.
Here Lies the Body of Lydia Daughter to Mr. Gideon & Mrs. Sally Flint who

died May ye 29th A.D. 1761 aged 5 years.
In memory of Mrs. Mary wife of Mr. Mason Flint who died March 8th 1809

in her 38th year.
In memory of Mr. Mason Flint who died May 23, 1808 in the 45th year of

his age.
Mr. Abner Follet Died October 3, 1825. Aged 78.
In memory of Mrs. Hannah wife of Mr. Hezekiah Follet. She died Octr 8th

1762 in ye 41st Year of her Age.
In memory of Mrs. Hannah Follet, wife of Mr. Abner Follet who died May 10,

AD. 1820. Aged 63.
In memory of Mr. Hezekiah Follet: he departed this life August 31st 1782

Aetat 63.
In memory of Mr. John Follet son of Mr. Hezekiah & Mrs. Hannah Follet:

he died Augst 20th 1767 in ye 22d Year of his Age.
Mrs. Mary, wife of Mr. Abner Follet died Feb. Sth, 1814 in the 58th Yr of

her age.
In memory of Mr. Nathan son of Mr. Benjamin & Mrs. Hannah Follet [?]

He Died January ye 9th A.D. 1764 Aged 15 Years.
In memory of Mr. Oliver Follet, who died July 12, 1816 In the 50th year of

his age.
Pacenc late wife of Mr. Benjamin Follet who died Octor ye 18th 1726 in ye

46 year of her age.
Susanna, Daughter of Hezekiah & Hannah Follet died June 17, 1826. Aged

76 yrs.

1917] • Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions 185

In memory of Andrew son to Andrew Frink & Jerusha his Wife: he Died

Sep. 29, 1774 in his 6th year.
In. memory of Mr. Andrew Frink who died suddenly Feby 18th 1800 aged

61 years.
Here lies the Body of Mrs. Jerusha Frink wife to Mr. Andrew Frink. She

Departed this Life Febry 8th 1769 in ye 26th year of her Age.
In memory of Joseph son of Mr. Nathaniel L. Frink & Mrs. Rebeckah his

wife who died Deer 2d 1804 in the 14th year of his age.
This monument is erected to the memory of Mrs. Lydia wife of Mr. Bela

Frink who died Augst 17th A.D. 1796 in ye 25th Year of her Age.
In memory of Mrs. Lydia wife of Mr. Andrew Frink who died Sept. 1818

aged 77.
Here lyes ye Body of Capt Jonathan Genengs who died June ye 27 1733 in ye

79th year of his age.
Here lies ye Body of Mrs. Hannah late wife to Dr. Jonathan Genings who

died March ye 8th 1725 in ye 67th year of her age.
In memory of Nathan Genings Son to Mr. Ebenezer Genings & Mrs. Jemima

. His Wife he Died February ye 28 A.D. 1751 Aged 22 years.
In memory of Eunice, Daughr to Mr. Jabez & Mary Gilbert She died July

10th 1773 in her 2d year
In memory of Lydia Daughr to Mr. Jabez & Mary Gilbert. She died Oc,tbr

23d 1775 in her 2d year.
In memory of Mrs. Mary wife of Mr. Jabez Gilbert who died Octr 7th 1785

in ye 34th year of her Age.
Here lyes interred the Body of . . . Mrs. Jemima Ginings the wife of Mr.

Ebenezer Ginings & Daughter to Deacon Abel Bingham who died June

the 28th 1736 in ye 28th year of her age.
In memory of Mr. Ebenezer Gmnings the first male child born in this town

Died April 20th 1753 in ye 63d year of his Age.
Here lyes ye Body of Mrs. Mary Ginnings late wife to Mr. Ebenezer Ginnings

who died June ye 22d 1725 in ye 31st year of her age. . . .
Here lies ye Body of Mr. Abraham Grainger. Was drowned in Wenomantek

river February ye 10th 1728 Aged 25 years.
In memory of Charlotte Gray Consort of Samuel Gray Esqr who died Deer

13th A.D. 1797 Aged 33 years.
In memory of Ebenezer Gray Esqr Physician: he was born in Boston Octr

31st A.D. 1697. He was the first Clark for the County of Windham. . .

He died in this Town the 8th day of September A.D. 1773. . . .
In memory of Lydia Daughter of Samuel Gray Esqr and Lydia his wife born

April 17th A.D. 1761 and died the 9th of June following.
. In memory of Mrs. Lydia Gray who died July 3d A.D. 1790 Aged 66 years:

the widow & relict of the late Samuel Gray, Esqr.
In memory of Samuel Gray Esq who Died Aug. 3, 1787. AE. 66.
In memory of Samuel Gray Esq who was born June 21, 1751 And died De-
cember 13, 1836 in the 86th year of his age.
This Stone erected in memory of Doc. Thomas Gray who died February 24th

A.D. 1792 in the 43d year of his age.
Colo. Ebenezer Gray, who died June 18th A.D. 1795 in ye 52d year
of his age.
In memory of Mrs. Anna wife to Mr. Stephen Greenleaf . She Departed this

Life March 13th 1781 in ye 32d year of her Age.
Here lies the Body of Mrs. Susannah Griswold the wife of Capt. Samuel

Griswold of Norwich who died March the 6, 1727 in the 60 year of her age.
In memory of Miss Hannah Hall, who died Feby 24th 1816, aged 61.
In memory of Mr. John Hasten son to Mr. David & Mrs. Bethiah Hasten of

Eastoun who was kild with Thunder May ye 8th 1745 in ye 19th year

of his age.

186 Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions [April

This monument is erected to the memory of Mrs. Peggy Hazen consort of

Mr. Jabez Hazen, who died June 28th 1793 in ye 29th Year of her Age.
In memory of Mrs. Abigail Hebard wife of Mr. Joseph Hebard who died

Deer 8th 1757 in ye 79th Year of her Age.
In memory of Ahimaaz Son to Mr. Paul Hebard & Mrs. Martha his wife:

he died Deem ye 17, 1758 in ye 7th year of his Age.
In memory of Elisabeth C. relict of Jonathan Hebard who died Feb. 10, 1826

aged 76 years.
Erected in memory of Guy C. Hebard who died Jan. 6, 1833. Aged 50.
Here lies the Body of . . . the wellbeloved Doer Joseph Hebard who died

March ye 15th 1751 in ye 66th year of his age.
In memory of Mr. Joseph Hebard who died Febr ye 27th 1757 in ye 78th year

of his Age.
In memory of Lucian B. son of Guy & Fanny Hebard who died Nov. 11th

1815 in the 4th year of his age.
In memory of Lydia Hebard Daughr of Mr. Gideon & Mrs. Elizabeth Hebard

who died Feby 15th 1801 aged 31 years.
In memory of Miss Theoda Hebard who died January 16th 1814 in the 64th

year of her age.
Febuary 13th 1762 Departed this Life Mrs. Elisebeth wife to Mr. David

Hebbard in ye 38th year of her Age.
Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Fanny wife of Mr. Ehsha Hebbard & daughter

of Mr. Nathan & Mrs. Rosamond Wales who died Deer 21st 1809, in

the 24th year of her age.
Here lies the Body of Joanna Daughter of Joseph & Abigail Hebbard who

died February ye 20th 1728 Aged 22 years.
In memory of Mrs. Elisabeth Hendee wife of Mr. Joshua Hendee who Died

June 4th A.D. 1750 Aet 41 Years.
Here lies ye Body of Ensign Richard Hendee who died February ye 6th

17[iUegible] in ye 74 year of his age.
[Broken] of Jonathan Hibbard Departed this Life March 4th 1780 in ye 32d

year of her Age.
In memory of Clark son to Mr. John Hill & Thankful his wife he Died Novr

25th 1774 in ye 3d year of his Age.
Here Lies ye Body of Mr. Abel Hovey: he Departed this Life March ye 25th

1773 in ye 39th year of his Age.
Mr. David Hovey died Jan. 6th 1814 aged 56 Years.
In memory of Frederick, son of Mr. Jacob & Mrs. Lucy Hovey who died

Octor 18th, 1793 Aged 5 Years 5 Months.
In memory of Samuel, son of Mr. David & Mrs. Anna Hovey who died Augst

30th 1798 in ye 7th year of his Age.
In memory of Abigail daughr of Mr. Josiah & Mrs. Ludovice Howe who died

Feby 23d, 1808 in the 3d year of her age.
In memory of Mrs. Bethia wife of Mr. Zachariah Howes who died Augst 18th

1799 in ye 73d year of her age.
In memory of David Howes who died March 27, 1814 in the 55th year of

his age.
In memory of Mrs. Elizabeth Howes who died October 2, 1825. Aged 55.
Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Fanny wife of Mr. Alfred Howes & Daugr of

Capt. William & Mrs. Lydia Young who died suddenly May 4th 1806

in the 26th year of her age.
In memory of Lydia, Daughr of Mr. Zenas & Mrs. Eunice Howes who died

Octr 17th 1794 Aged 6 months.
Sacred to the memory of Miss Althea Huntington who died Novr 16th 1814

aged 27.
Here lies ye Body of Mrs. Ann Huntington wife of Mr. John Huntington

Died on ye 6th April 1780 in ye 24th year of her Age.

1917] Notes 187

Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Anna Huntington wife of Mr. Solomon Hunt-
ington who died Sept. 6th A.D. 1807 aged 65 years.

[To be continued]

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC
GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

By Alfred Johnson, A.M., Litt-D., Recording Secretary

Boston, Massachusetts, S January 1917. A stated meeting of the Society was held
in Wilder Hall, 9 Ashburton Place, at 2.30 P.M., Vice-President Chase presiding.

The minutes of the December meeting were approved, and the reports of the
Corresponding Secretary, Librarian, Historian, and Council were accepted, the
Council reporting the names of eighteen persons who had been elected resident
members.

The speaker of the afternoon was Mary Antin, author of " The Promised Land."

The audience — by far the largest of the present season, completely filling
Wilder Hall and overflowing into the adjacent corridor — listened with sus-
tained interest throughout the address.

After calling attention to the ancient predilection of the Hebrews for the subject
of genealogy, Miss Antin gave many details of her own early life in Boston, and
went on to make various comparisons between the education which the Jewish
child and that which the American child receives in the home of its parents.
The impression conveyed was that the young Jewish immigrant not only is very
early made conversant with the history of this country but is thoroughly awakened
to the manifold opportunities that it holds out to him, and, as a result, becomes in a
surprisingly short time one of the most ardent and patriotic of American citizens.

The usual reception with refreshments followed the meeting.

7 February. The annual meeting of the Society was held this day, for a report
of which see the Supplement to the present number of the Register.

7 March. A stated meeting of the Society was held in Wilder Hall, 9 Ashburton

! Place, at 2.30 P.M., President Baxter presiding.

The minutes of the annual meeting were approved, and the reports of the
Corresponding Secretary, Librarian, Historian, and Council were accepted, the
Council reporting the name of one person who had been elected corresponding
member and the names of eighteen persons who had been elected resident members.
His Excellency Samuel Walker McCall, LL.D., Governor of Massachusetts,
had been announced as the speaker of the afternoon; but he was detained by
official duties, and in his place Thomas A. Watson, a fellow worker with Professor
Alexander Graham Bell in inventing the telephone, read an illuminating and
intensely interesting paper entitled The Birth and Babyhood of the Telephone.

After Mr. Watson's address Governor McCall was presented by the President,
and made a few appropriate remarks on the subjects of history and genealogy.
The usual reception to members and their guests followed.

NOTES

Haset Records. — The records of which a copy is printed below were found
among papers in the possession of Miss Mary Tilton Palmer of Brookline, Mass.
They are written on a sheet of paper folded once, in such a way as to form four
pages, each originally about 6f inches in height by 4 inches in width. The
pages are unnumbered, and the lower half of the first leaf has been cut off. The
writing, which runs entirely across the pages, is found on the remaining part of

188 Notes [April

the first page and on the third and fourthpages. The handwriting is that of
Rev. Isaac Hasey, a graduate of Harvard College in the Class of 1762 and the
first pastor settled over the First Parish in Lebanon, Me.

[Page 1]
Sons and Daughters of Abraham & Jemima Hasey*
Abraham born Tuesday Jany: 13th. I74lf
Isaac born Friday July 23d : 1742
Sarah born Thursday Octo*. 25. 1744
Jemima bom Tuesday Sep*. 9*b 1746
Mary born Sabbath. June 3d: 1750
Benjamin born Monday April: 13: 1752

[Page 3]

1765 Isaac Hasey 23 Years and 19 Days old — was Maried to Rebecca Owen the

22d; of Aug*: by the Revd. Isaac Lyman of York — her Age 31: 2. M.
10 Days

1766 June 21 Isaac Son of Isaac & Rebecca Hasey born 3. °Clock P M Saturday

1767 Octo r . 11 th : Rebecca Daug 1 . of Isaac & Rebecca Hasey born P M Sabath
.1769 Aug*. 16 Mary-Daugr. of Isaac & Rebecca Hasey born Wednesday morn

1771 July 5 Benjamin Son of Isaac & Rebecca Hasey born friday P M

[Page 4]

1774 April 12 William Son of Isaac & Rebecca Hasey born Tuesday morn

1776 May 8 Hannah Owen-Daug r . of Isaac and Rebecca Hasey Wednesday P M

1779 June 27 Sally — Daugr. of Isaac and Rebecca Hasey born Sabath noon

[The lower half of page 4 w blank.]

Winthrop, Mass. William Lincoln Palmes.

Clough Records. — The following records of the Clough family of Boston,
Mass., have been copied from a photograph of part of a letter from Ebenezer
Clough, dated Boston, March 24, 1838, and addressed to his son, "Mr. William
Clough, Avondale near St Charles, Missouri." The letter, which is now in my
possession, was probably given by William Clough to his son, William McNeill
Clough, my father, who died at Leavenworth, Kans., in 1883.

The Genealogy of the Clough Family From the Year 1719-20. Old Stile so
recorded to the Year 1838.J

[Column 1]
The following records were taken from my Fathers M r John Clough 's Large

Family Bible which Bible I have now by me and it is over One Hundred and

Twenty Years old.
I Ebenezer Clough the tenth Child of the said John Clough who am now over

Seventy Years of Age, took the following off this day January the first 1838

for my Children and Grand Children to look at when I shall be no more.
1719-20 Feby 7 Old Stile so recorded John Clough was Born§

1745 May 25*h This day Mr John Clough was Married to Miss Lydia Goodwill

of Boston

Their Descendants

1746 Jany 15 Lydia Goodwill Clough born. And died in 1805

1747 June 10. Thomas Clough born. And died in three days

1748 Novm 5 Thos Goodwill Clough born. And died at Sea 1785

1751 Jany 9 Rebeckah Clough born. And died in Sept 1819

1752 Aug* 10 John Clough born, and lived only six weeks

1752 Augt 21 John Clough's Wife died in the 28 Year of her Age

1758 April 13 John Clough Married his 2d Wife Miss Abigail Edes of Charlestown.

* Abraham Hasey and Jemima Felch were married 17 Jan. 1739/40. (Cambridge,
Mass., Vital Records.)

t Born 13 Jan. 1740/1. (Cambridge, Mass., Vital Records.)

t In the original letter this heading extends across the top of the page, above the two
columns in which the records that follow are placed.

§ He was son of Ebenezer and Thankfull Clough. (Boston Births, 1700-1800, p. 140.)

1917] Notes 189

Their Descendants.

1759 Aug* 7 John Clough Born. There is no records of his death.

1760 Sept 25 Stephen Clough born, and died in Sept 1818

1763 Feby 12 Eben* Clough born. And died in Octo 1764.

1764 Octo 23 Abigail Clough born. And died in June 1787.

1767 April 8 Ebenezer Clough Born

1768 Aug* 20 William Clough born and died in Octo 1793
1770 Feby 13 Elizabeth Clough born. And died in 1834

1772 One Child dead born, but no day or Month is recorded

1773 July 21 Susannah Clough Born.
1775 June 17 John Clough born in the Town of Needham about fifteen Miles from

Boston, on the very day that Charlestown was burnt by the British, being
also the same day of the Battle of Bunker Hill. He died on the 4th of Oct<>
1777.
1780 March 25 Ann Clough born. She always went by the name of Nancy Clough.
And died at her Brother Ebenezer Clough's House in Boston Sept 1817
Aged 37.
John Clough had a Negro Woman called "Grace." who died in his family in the
Town of Needham Jany 28th 1776 during the Revolutionary war. She had lived
in his family Seventeen Years, and died between 70 or 80 Years of her Age.

Abigail Clough wife of the Above Named John Clough died in Boston Feby 13

1795
John Clough Father of the Above named Children died in Boston March 1798

Aged 78.
William Clough a Nephew of said John Clough died in Boston at the House of

Ebenezer Clough March the 3d 1824 in the Ninety third Year of his Age
Mary Clough Wife of Baid William Clough died in Boston at said Ebenezer

Clough's house on the 13 of Feby 1825 in the Eighty six Year of her Age
N B. All the Birth's which are hear recorded of both familes that have no

Towns Annexed to them were in Boston.

[Column 2]
Boston Jany 1st 1838 This day I Ebenezer Clough took off, from my own Family
Bible the following records some of which are over Seventy Years, namely
that of my Birth.

Ebenezer Clough was born in Boston Massachusetts on the 8th day of April 1767
and Catharine Frothingham Bradbury at Wiscassett in the State of Maine
Octo 29th 1772.

1791 June 28th This Evening Ebenezer Clough was Married to Miss Catharine
Frothingham Bradbury by the ReW Doct* Samuel Stillman.*

Their Descendants

1793 Jany 10 Ebenezer Clough born. And died Feby 10th 1815

1794 Sept 7 William Clough born. And died July 13 1795

1796 March 30 Catharine Larkin Clough Born

1797 June 25 William Clough Born.f

1798 Augt 13 John Clough born. And died May 14 1834.

1799 Sept 3 Sally Larkin Clough born. And died Augt 4 1800

1800 Novm 29 Josiah B Clough born. And died April 22 1802
1802 June 25 Sally Larkin Clough Born.

1804 Augt 30 Josiah Bradbury Clough Born in Charlestown

1805 Sept 12 Stephen Clough born. And died July 17 1806
1807 Novm 6 Mary Alley Ripley Clough Bom.

1809 Octo 13 Abigail Edes Clough Born.

1811 Octo 11 Lydia Ann St Barbe Clough Born.

Their Children's Marriage.
1824 Aug 3 William Clough was Married to M" Mary Ann Elliott of Battleton
Virginia.

* According to a statement by her grandson. William McNeill Clough, Catharine
Frothingham (Bradbury) Clough died 12 Mar. 1S44.

t According to a statement by his son, William McNeill Clough, William Clough
was born in Boston, Mass., and died at Leavenworth, Kans., 10 Aug. 1866.

t According to a statement by her son, William McNeill Clough, she was widow of
Eli Williams Elliott, and her marriage to William Clough occurred at Martinsburg, Va.

190 Notes [April

1827 Jany 10 Catharine Larkin Clough was Married to M* Edward Prescott of

Boston by the Revd Dot Sharp

1828 Novm 24 Sally Larking Clough was Married to M' Jesse Allen of Boston by

the Revd M r Knowles.

1830 July 21 Abigail Edes Clough was Married to the Revd Caleb. B Shute of

Dunstable New hampshire by the Rev* 1 Mr Knowles

1833 Sep* 1st Josiah B. Clough was Married to Miss Dorcas Butterfield of Nashua

N. Hampshire by Mr Knott

1834 June 22 Lydia Ann St Barbe Clough was Married to M r Thomas P. Foster

of Boston by the Revd Mr [torn]

Their Grand Children's Births.
1825 May 28 Ebenezer N. O. Clough born in Battleton \[torn]

1828 May 10 Ebenezer Clough Prescott Born in Bos[tom]

1829 Aug* 25 Catharine Bradbury Prescott Born in Boston
1829 Sept 7 Ebenezer Clough Allen Born in Boston

1831 March 2 Mary Clough Prescott Born in Boston
1831 Sept 29 William M^Neal Clough born in Boston

1831 Deem 31 Abigail Clough Shute Born in Boston

1834 June 8 Washington Lafayette Prescott bom in Boston.

1834 June 29 Tabitha Clough Born in Andover Mass a

1835 Oct" 29 Josiah Bradbury Clough born in Andover Mass*

1835 Deem 20 Mary C. F. Clough born in Avondale Missouri

1836 April 5 Susan Shute Born in Boston

1836 April 22 Sarah Ann Prescott Born in Boston

1837 Jany 1st Mary Brown Allen Born in Boston

1837 Oct 5th Betsey Clough Bom in Andover Mass

Added Lines

1838 Feby 15th Charles Jones Prescott born at half past two this Morning.

N B. The above is an Exact copy of what I gave to Your Mother, To Catharine,
To Sarah, To Bradbury, To Mary, To Abigail, To Lydia on the first day of
this Year, and if this is rong in any shape, all the others are are also rong. EC*
1 01 Park Avenue, New York, N. Y. Walteb H. Clough.

S Historical Intelligence

Heraldry. — The Committee on Heraldry of the New England Historic
Genealogical Society desires to call special attention to the recommendation in its
report of 5 May 1914 (see Register, vol. 69, Supplement, pp. xvi-xxiii), "that
every person interested, by reason of descent or otherwise, in making it a matter
of record that any original settler in this country inherited a coat of arms or that
any inhabitant of this country received a grant of arms be invited to offer the
arms for record with this Society," etc.

It seems evident that, besides the growth in value of the collection as it increases
. in size, there will be many other things of extreme interest contributed with the

* In the original letter this statement, here printed in three lines, extends in two lines
across the foot of the page, at a considerable distance below the last entries in the two
columns of records.

1917] Recent Books 191

anna and directly related thereto, such as photographs of castles, armor, seals,
manor houses, etc., and provision is contemplated for filing such contributions in
supplementary volumes in connection with the registers of the arms. Applica-
tions in which the proofs do not sufficiently conform to the requirements indicated
in the report of the Committee will be placed in a separate volume to await further
proof.

Gamier (now Gurnee). — Isaac, of New York City in 1692, born in England
(his grandparents having left La Rochelle, France, in 1632), died in New York
City not earlier than 7 July 1727, by Mrs. Lucia R. Fellows, 1324 East South
Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Hopkins. — John, of Cambridge, Mass., in 1634-5, and of Hartford, Conn., in
1636, born probably in England, died at Hartford, Conn., in 1654, by Timothy
Hopkins, Nevada Bank Building, San Francisco, Cal.

Russell. — William, born perhaps about 1655, died at New Haven. Conn.,
5 Sept. 1740, by Mrs. Lucia R. Fellows, 1324 East South Temple Street, Salt Lake
City, Utah.

Stark. — Archibald, born in Glasgow, Scot., in 1689 or 1697, died at Man-
chester, N. H., 25 June 1758, by H. M. Stark, 1502 Kresge Building, Detroit,
Mich.

Stark. — James, born in Scotland, died at Shepton-Mallett, Eng., 12 Dec. 1829,
by James H. Stark, 17 Milk Street, Boston, Mass.

Stowell. — Samuel, born in England, died at Hingham, Mass., 9 Nov. 1683, by
William H. H. Stowell, Amherst, Mass.

Ward. — William, born in England about 1603, died at Marlborough, Mass.,
10 Aug. 1687, by Artemas Ward, 6 East 78th Street, New York, N. Y.

Warner. — Andrew, born probably at Hatfield-Broad-Oak, co. Essex, Eng.,
died at Hadley, Mass., 18 Dec. 1684, son of John and Mary of Hatfield-Broad-
Oak, by Mrs. Josephine Genung Nichols, 1915 Daly Avenue, New York, N. Y.

RECENT BOOKS

[The Editor particularly requests persons sending books for listing in the Register
to state, for the information of readers, the price of each book, with the amount to
be added for postage when sent by mail, and from whom it may be ordered. For the
January issue, books should be received by Nov. 1; for April, by Feb. 1; for July, by
May 1; and for October, by July 1.]

GENEALOGICAL

Abbey genealogy. Abbe-Abbey genealogy, in memory of John Abbe and his.
descendants. By Cleveland Abbe and Josephine Genung Nichols. New Haven,
Conn., The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., 1916. 8 + 511 p. fcsm. map pi.
por. 4° Price $6.25. Address Mrs. Josephine G. Nichols, 1915 Daly Ave., New
York, N. Y.

192 Recent Books [April

Ball genealogy. History of the Ball family: genealogy of the New Haven
branch, Allen Ball and some of his descendants, 1638-1864. By Leonard Abram
Bradley. New York, privately printed, 1916. 58 + [1] p. 8°

Bartlett genealogy. The descendants of Samuel Colcord Bartlett and Eleanor
Pettengill, his wife, of Salisbury, N. H., to November 1, 1915. By Edwin Julius
Bartlett. Hanover, N. H., Dartmouth Press, 1915. 13 p. 8°

Bevier genealogy. The Bevier family: a history of the descendants of Louis
Bevier, who came from France to America in 1675 after a sojourn of ten years in
the Palatinate and settled in New Paltz, New York. By Katharine Bevier.
New York, Tobias Alexander] Wright, printer and publisher, 1916. 17 + 274
p. fcsm. geneal. tab. pi. por. 8°

Blake genealogy. The ancestry and allied families of Nathan Blake 3rd and
Susan (Torrey) Blake, early residents of East Corinth, Vt. By Almira Torrey
Blake Fenno-Gendrot. Published by the author. Boston, Mass., Stanhope
Press, 1916. 8 + [1] + 201 p. fcsm. map pi. por. 8°

Chase genealogy. The Chase Chronicle. Vol. 8, no. 1. The Chase-Chace
Family Association. James F. Chase, secretary-treasurer, 159 Devonshire St.,
Boston. 14 p. il. map 8° Published quarterly. Price $1.00 a year.

Clay genealogy. Genealogy and history of the Clay family [New Hampshire
branch]. By Hiland H[enry] Clay. n. p. 1916. 159 p. pi. por. 8°

Crook genealogy. The Crook family [descendants of Thomas]. By Charles
H. Leavitt. Manila, Philippine Islands, 1916. 4 p. 8° Address Charles H.
Leavitt, Bureau of Agriculture, Manila, Philippine Islands.

Fox genealogy. Fox Family News. Vol. 5, nos. 1-6. [New York, 1916.]
32 p. il. 8° Price $1.00 per year. Address the editor, Howard Fox, 616 Madison
Ave., New York, N. Y.

Gannett genealogy. [Descendants of Benjamin and Deborah (Sampson)
Gannett.] n. p. 1916. Chart.

Howes genealogy. No. 31. Library of Cape Cod history and genealogy.
Thomas Howes of Yarmouth, Mass., and some of his descendants, together with
the Rev. John Mayo, allied to him by marriage. By James Wfilliam] Hawes.
Yarmouthport, Mass., Charles W[arner] Swift, publisher and printer, 1917.
34 p. 8° Price $2.00. Address Charles W. Swift, Yarmouthport, Mass.

Lee genealogy. Col. Jeremiah Lee, patriot [ancestors and descendants]. By
Thomas Amory Lee, A.M., LL.B. Salem, Mass., The Essex Institute, 1916.
23 p. por. 8° Reprinted from Essex Institute Historical Collections, vol. 52, with
additions.

Merritt genealogy. Revised Merritt records. By Douglas Merritt. New
York, Tobias Alexander] Wright, 1916. 195 p. 8°

Contents: Early English Merritte; Henry Merritt of Scituate; Nicholas Merritt of Salem; Philip
Merritt of Boston; William Merritt of New York; Thomas Merritt of Rye, New York; West-
chester County Merritts; Isaac Merriott of Burlington, New Jersey; William Merritt of Cecil
County, Maryland; Samuel Merritt of St. Pauls, Maryland; Early American Merritts; Various
Merritts, 1700-1800.

Peterson genealogy. The Peterson family of Duxbury, Mass. By William
Bradford Browne. Boston, 1916. 25 p. 8° Reprinted from Register for
April, July, and October, 1916.

Reynolds genealogy. Partial genealogy of John Reynolds, born in England in
1612 (supposedly), sailed from Ipswich County, Suffolk. A part of his lineage to
1916. As compiled and published by Alvah Reynolds, Altona, HI., Sept., 1916.
With a chapter of heraldry extending back to 1327. By Alvah Reynolds. Gales-
burg, 111., Wagoner Printing Co., 1916. 160 p. fcsm. il. pi. por. 8°

Selleck genealogy. Selleck memorial with collateral connections. By Wil-
liam Edwin Selleck. Chicago, privately printed, 1916. 85 p. fcsm. geneal. tab.
pi. por. 8° Address Wm. E. Selleck, Union League Club, Chicago, 111.

This volume contains, besides Selleck names, many others, among which the most notable are
Kibby or Kebby, Law, Gold, Longfellow, Sands, Raymond, Belden, Dryden, Shelley, Wilford,
Edwards, Washington, Warner, and Peck.

;

1917] Recent Books 193

Tower genealogy. Annual report of the seventh annual meeting of the Tower
Genealogical Society, which was to have been held at 791 East Fourth St., South
Boston, Mass., on Friday, November 19, 1915, but declared adjourned, for lack
of a quorum, until the reunion in the year 1916, and annual report of the ad-
journed 7th annual meeting of the Tower Genealogical Society, assembled in a
tent erected on the lawn at the Old Tower Homestead, South Hin g ham , Maes.,
on Monday, July 3, 1916. n. p. 1916. 26 + [2] p. fcsm. il. 8°

BIOGRAPHICAL

Baker, Frank, memoir. Memorial of Mr. Justice Frank Baker [born May 11,
1840; died July 9, 1916]. An appendix to Baker ancestry. Chicago, 1916.
16 p. fcsm. por. 4°

Davidson, John, reminiscences. Reminiscences of John Davidson, a Maine
pioneer. Co mmuni cated to the New England Historical and Genea-
logical Register by Alfred Johnson. Boston [Stanhope Press], 1916.
16 p. 8° Reprinted from Register for January, April, and July, 1916.

Thayer, Ezra Ripley, memoir. Proceedings at the meeting of the bar in the
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts in memory of Ezra Ripley Thayer,
July 7, 1916. Cambridge, The Riverside Press, 1916. 41 + [1] p. por. 12°

Weston memoirs. In memoriam. My father and my mother, Hon. Gershom
Bradford Weston, Deborah Brownell Weston, of Duxbury, Mass. Memoirs of
Capt. Ezra Weston, Ezra Weston, Gershom Bradford Weston, Alden Bradford
Weston, Ezra Weston, and Deborah Brownell Weston. Weston armorial bear-
ings and descent. By Edmund Brownell Weston. Providence, R. I., 1916.
5 + 93 p. pi. por. 4°

California, University of, graduates. Directory of graduates of the University
of California, 1864-1916. Published by the California Alumni Association.
Berkeley, University of California, 1916. 14 + 560 p. 8°

Harvard College, Class of 1885. Class of 1885, Harvard College, Secretary's
report, no. 8. 1915-1916. Cambridge, printed for the Class, The University
Press [1916]. 240 p. pi. 8°

Harvard College, Class of 1801. Harvard College, Class of 1891. Supple-
mentary report, 25th anniversary celebration, June 18-23, 1916. Printed
privately for the Class. Norwood, Mass., Plimpton Press, 1916. 8 + 69 + [2]
p. por. 8°

HISTORICAL

(a) General

•Massachusetts, Court, General. General acts passed by the General Court of
Massachusetts in the year 1916, together with the constitution, list of the officers
of the civil government, tables showing changes in the general statutes, etc., etc.
Published by the Secretary of the Commonwealth. Boston, Wright & Potter
Printing Co., 1916. 633 p. 8°

Massachusetts, Court, General. Special acts and resolves passed by the
General Court of Massachusetts in the year 1916. Published by the Secretary
of the Commonwealth. Boston, Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1916. 603 p. 8°

New Hampshire history. History of New Hampshire. By Everett S[cher-
merhorn] Stackpole. New York, The American Historical Society, 1916. Vols.
1-4. 3 + 411; 414; 381; 377 p. fcsm. map pi. por. 8°

(6) Local

Annapolis, N. S. (Port Royal). An account of the treasurer of the Colony of
Rhode Island for the Port Royall expedition, 1710. Issued at the General Court
of the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Rhode Island and Providence
Plantations, by its Governor, George Leander Shepley, Esquire, and the Council
of the Society, December 30, 1916. Providence, printed for the Society by the
Standard Printing Co., from the original manuscript in the archives of the State
of Rhode Island, 1916. 8 p. pi. 8°

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Recent Books

[April]

Boston, Mass., history. The Book of Boston. By Robert Shackleton. Phila-
delphia, The Perm Publishing Co./1916. [4] + 332 p. il. pi. 8°

Kittery, Me., name. The naming of Kittery, Me. [By Charles Thornton
Libby.] 3 p. 8° Reprinted from Register for January, 1917.

Philadelphia, Pa., history. The Philadelphia assemblies. First edition. By
Thomas Willing Balch. Philadelphia, Allen, Lane & Scott, 1916. 15 + 146 p.
fcsm. 8° Address T. W. Balch, 1412 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Salem, Mass., vital records. Vital records of Salem, Mass., to the end of the
year 1849. Vol. 1, births [Abbot-Lyons]. Published by The Essex Institute.
Salem, Mass., 1916. 536 p. 8°

■Oxbridge, Mass., vital records. Vital records of Uxbridge, Mass., to the year
1850. By Thomas Wftlliams] Baldwin, A.B., S.B. Boston, Mass., 1916. 420
p. 8°

SOCIETIES and MAGAZINES

Publications 9, proceedings, January 27, 1914-

Cambridge Historical Society.
October 27, 1914. 92 p. map 8°

Lynn Historical Society. The Register of the Lynn Historical Society, Lynn,
Mass. No. 19. For the year 1915. Edited by the Committee on Publication.
Lynn, Mass., Frank S. Whitten, 1916. 58 p. pi. por. 8°

National Society of Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America. Lineage
book of the National Society of Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America.
Vol. 6. n. p. 1916. Ill p. 8°

New Jersey Historical Society. Collections of the New Jersey Historical
Society. Vol. 9. Newark, N. J., published by the Society, 1916. 222 p. fcsm.
8° Price $2.00. Address the New Jersey Historical Society, 16 West Park St.,
Newark, N. J.

This volume contains the New Jersey Biographical and Genealogical Notes from the volumes of
the New Jersey Archives, with additions and supplements, by the late William Nelson.

Rochester Historical Society. Rochester Historical Society, handbook. [By
Edward R. Foreman.] Rochester, N. Y., published by the Society, 1916. 140 p.
fcsm. 8°

Saint Nicholas Society. Genealogical record, volume 2, Saint Nicholas Soeiety
of the City of New York. Organized February 28, 1835; incorporated April 17,
1841. Containing the lines of descent of members of the Society obtained since
1905 to July 1, 1916. Also constitution and by-laws, officers, present and former
members. Printed by order of the Society, 1916. 216 p. fcsm. il. pi. por. 4°

Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New York. The Society of Colonial
Wars in the State of New York. Yearbook for 1915-1916. Prepared under the
authority of the council by the secretary. Publication number 28. n. p. August,
1916. 123 p. 8°

Westerly Historical Society. Four papers delivered before the Westerly His-
torical Society of Westerly, R. I. during the years 1915, 1916, and a list of the
members. Westerly, R. I., The Utter Co., printers, 1916. 40 p. fcsm. pi. por. 8°

MISCELLANEOUS

Loyalists, of New Hampshire. The Loyalist refugees of New Hampshire. By
Wilbur H[enry] Siebert, A.M. Columbus, published by The Ohio State Univer-
sity, 1916. 23 p. 8°

THE
NEW ENGLAND

HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL

SUPPLEMENT TO APRIL NUMBER, 1917

PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

new england
Historic Genealogical Society

AT THE

ANNUAL MEETING, 7 FEBRUARY 191 7

WITH

MEMOIRS OF DECEASED MEMBERS, 1916

PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY

AT THE ROBERT HENRY EDDY MEMORIAL ROOMS

9 ASHBURTON PLACE, BOSTON

1917

Stanbopc ipress

F. H. GILSON COMPANY
BOSTON. U.S.A.

CONTENTS

Officers Elected by the Society for the Year 1917. v

Officers and Committees Appointed by the Council . vi

Report of Proceedings at the Annual Meeting . . ix

Report of the Council xv

Committee on Finance xv

Committee on Ways and Means xvi

Committee on Increase of Membership . . . . xvi

Committee on Sale of Publications xvi

Committee on Publications xvi

Committee on English Research xvii

Committee on Heraldry xix

Committee on the Library xix

Committee on Collection of Records .... xx

Committee on Epitaphs xx

Committee on Papers and Essays xxi

Report of the Librarian xxi

Report of the Corresponding Secretary .... xxii

Report of the Trustees of the Kidder Fund . . xxv

Report of the Treasurer xxv

Report of the Historian — Necrology for 1916 . . xxxiv

Memoirs of Deceased Members . . . . . . xxxvii

Charter lxxii

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OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY
FOR THE YEAR 1917

$reetJent
JAMES PHINNEY BAXTER, A.M., Lrrr.D Portland, Me.

Stcc=JJrc6tUent*

CHARLES SIDNEY ENSIGN, LL.B Newton, Mass.

HENRY DEERING, A.M Portland, Me.

JOHN CARROLL CHASE Deny, N. H.

WILLIAM WALLACE STICKNEY, LL.D Ludlow, Vt.

WILLIAM PAINE SHEFFIELD, A.M Newport, R. I.

GEORGE SEYMOUR GODARD, BJL, B.D Hartford, Conn.

KecorHitiff Setrrtarp
ALFRED JOHNSON, A.M., Litt.D Brookline

CorresponBinff Smctarp
GEORGE ANDREWS MORIARTY, Jr., A.M., LL.B. . . Newport, R. I.

Librarian
WILLIAM PRESCOTT GREENLAW Winthrop

(£be Cotmril

JAMES PHINNEY BAXTER, A.M., Litt.D.

CHARLES SIDNEY ENSIGN, LL.B.

ALFRED JOHNSON, A.M., Litt.D.

GEORGE ANDREWS MORIARTY, Jb., A.M., LL.B.

LEW CASS HTLT,

WILLIAM PRESCOTT GREENLAW

For 1917

HENRY EDWARDS SCOTT, A.B Medford

ROBERT MEANS LAWRENCE, A.B., M.D Boston

Mrs. IDA LOUISE FARR MILLER Wakefield

For 1917, 1918

WILLIAM STREETER RICHARDSON Canton

RICHARD HENRY WINSLOW DWIGHT ....... Cambridge

Mas. FANNIE SCOTT CHASE Boston

For 1917, 1918, 1919

Mas. ANNIE CORIN NE ELLISON Belmont

NATHAN MATTHEWS, LL.D Boston

JAMES MELVILLE HUNNEWELL, A.B., LL.B Boston

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OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
FOR THE YEAR 1917

APPOINTED BY THE COUNCIL

^ is tor tan.

LEWIS WILDER HICKS, M.A WeUesley

(EHitor of publications

HENRY EDWARDS SCOTT, A.B Medford

Committee on jFinante

JAMES PHINNEY BAXTER, A.M., Litt.D.,

Chairman ex officio . . Portland, Me.

CHARLES IRVING THAYER Boston

WILLIAM STREETER RICHARDSON Canton

CHARLES SIDNEY ENSIGN, LL.B Newton

NATHAN MATTHEWS, LL.D Boston

Miss SELMA ELLIS POND Medway

LEW CASS HILL, ex officio Boston

Committee on Wzj>& anS itteans

WILLIAM STREETER RICHARDSON, Chairman . . . Canton

RICHARD HENRY WINSLOW DWIGHT Cambridge

WILLIAM PRESCOTT GREENLAW Winthrop

LAWRENCE BRAINERD Cambridge

LEW CASS HILL Boston

Mrs. IDA LOUISE FARR MILLER Wakefield

WALDO ELIAS BOARDMAN, D.M.D Winthrop

Committee on SnrreaBe of iHemoersJtip

RICHARD HENRY WINSLOW DWIGHT, Chairman . . Cambridge

Mbs. MARY LOVERING HOLMAN Watertown

JOSEPH GRAFTON MINOT Boston

LUTHER ATWOOD, A.B Lynn

Mbs. ANNEE CORINNE ELLISON Belmont

JOHN HENRY WESTFALL Allston

GEORGE BECKWITH STEVENS, M.D Dorchester

Committee on Sale of publications

CHARLES ELIOT GOODSPEED, Chairman Wollaston

WILLIAM BROWN SNOW Maiden

CHARLES EDWARD MANN Maiden

SAMUEL BRADLEE DOGGETT Boston

CHARLES EMELIUS LAURIAT Brookline

EVERETT JEFTS BEEDE, A.B Belmont

Miss SELMA ELLIS POND Medway

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Committee on publications

JAMES PARKER PARMENTER, A.M., LL.B., Chairman Arlington

HOSEA STARR BALLOU Brookline

GEORGE ANDREWS MORIARTY, Jr., A.M., LL.B. . . Newport, R. I.

JOHN WALLACE SUTER, A.B., S.T.B Winchester

ALFRED JOHNSON, A.M., Lrrr.D Brookline

GEORGE RITCHIE MARVIN, A.M Brookline

HENRY EDWARDS SCOTT, A.B., ex officio Medford

Committee to Assist the historian

ANDREW FISKE, Ph.D., LL.B., Chairman Weston

ANSON TITUS Somerville .

ARTHUR GREENE LORING Woburn

ARTHUR WINSLOW PEHtCE, A.B., Litt.D Franklin

FRANK MORTIMER HAWES, A.M Somerville

MORGAN HEWITT STAFFORD Newtonville

HENRY EDWARDS SCOTT, A.B., ex officio Medford

CHARLES SHERBURNE PENHALLOW, A.B., Chairman Jamaica Plain

JOSEPH GARDNER BARTLETT Boston

WILLIAM EBEN STONE, A.B Cambridge

HENRY EDWARDS SCOTT, A.B. . : Medford

GEORGE ANDREWS MORIARTY, Jr., A.M., LL.B. . . Newport, R. I.

ALFRED JOHNSON, A.M., Litt.D Brookline

LAWRENCE PARK Groton

Committee on ^eraUrp

ROBERT DICKSON WESTON, A.B., Chairman .... Boston

BOYLSTON ADAMS BEAL, A.B., LL.B Nahant

WILLIAM SUMNER APPLETON, A.B Boston

CHARLES KNOWLES BOLTON, A.B Shirley

WILLIAM STREETER RICHARDSON Canton

Committee on the Librae?

CHARLES SIDNEY ENSIGN, LL.B., Chairman .... Newton

GEORGE ANDREWS MORIARTY, Jb., A.M., LL.B. . . Newport, R. I.

WALTER KENDALL WATKINS Maiden

HENRY EARL PARMENTER, Commander, U. S. N.,

Retired Boston

GEORGE SAWIN STEWART, A.B Bedford

JAMES MELVILLE HUNNEWELL, A.B., LL.B Boston

WILLIAM PRESCOTT GREENLAW, ex officio Winthrop

Committee on Collection of Eecorfis

GEORGE WALTER CHAMBERLAIN, M.S., Chairman . Maiden

MATT BUSHNELL JONES, A.B., LL.B Newton

CLARENCE SAUNDERS BRIGHAM, A.M Worcester

EDWARD WILLARD HOWE, A.B Roxbury

SAMUEL BURNHAM SHACKFORD, A.B., LL.B. . . . Dover, N. H.

GEORGE SEYMOUR GODARD, B.A., B.D Hartford, Conn.

WILLIAM PRESCOTT GREENLAW, ex officio Winthrop

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Committee on Cpitap&g

MYLES STANDISH, A.M., M.D., S.D., Chairman .... Boston

WILLIAM DAVIS PATTERSON Wiscaeset, Me.

OTIS GRANT HAMMOND, A.M Concord, N. H.

Mbs. KATE MORRIS CONE, Ph.D Hartford, Vt.

Mas. JESSD3 ALICE PORTER Springfield

Miss EDITH MAY TILLEY Newport, R. I.

LUCIUS BARNES BARBOUR, A.B Hartford, Conn.

Committee on papers anU <£esapg

ALFRED JOHNSON, A.M., LrrrJ)., Chairman Brookline

Mbs. MARY STICKNEY RANDALL Waltham

Mhs. WINIFRED BATCHELDER KINCAID Somerville

Miss MARY ST. BARBE EUSTIS Brookline

JOHN McKINSTRY MERRIAM, A.M Framingham

Mbs. FLORENCE CONANT HOWES Somerville

Miss JOSEPHINE ELIZABETH RAYNE AUston

Special Committee on Revision of tfpc £p=Latos *
CHARLES SIDNEY ENSIGN, LL.B., Chairman .... Newton

WALDO LINCOLN, A.B Worcester

JOHN CARROLL CHASE Derry, N. H.

JAMES PARKER PARMENTER, A.M., LL.B Arlington

WILLIAM PRESCOTT GREENLAW Winthrop

• Appointed by the President in accordance with a vote of the Society of 1 Apr. 1914,
and serving until discharged by the Society.

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PROCEEDINGS AT THE ANNUAL MEETING

The seventy-third annual meeting of the Society "was held on
Wednesday, 7 February 1917, at 2.30 p.m., in Wilder Hall, 9 Ash-
burton Place, Boston, a quorum being present. In the absence of
the President, who was prevented by illness from attending the
meeting, Vice-President Chase presided.

The minutes of the January meeting were read and approved, and
the monthly reports of the Corresponding Secretary, Historian, and
Council were accepted, the Council reporting the names of twenty-
two persons who had been elected resident members.

On motion it was

■
Voted, That the annual reports of the Council, including its committees, the

Librarian, the Corresponding Secretary, the Trustees of the Kidder Fund, the

Treasurer, and the Historian, being presented in print, and now in the hands of

the meeting, be accepted and ordered filed with the originals.

On motion of Rev. Lewis Wilder Hicks it was

Voted, That the New England Historic Genealogical Society hereby expresses
its appreciation of the great loss that it has sustained in the death of Nathaniel
Johnson Rust, for more than forty-six years one of its most loyal and helpful
members. As Councillor for two terms of three years each (1899-1901, 1903-
1905), as Vice-President from Massachusetts and ex officio member of the Council
for the last five years (1912-1916), and as a member for many years and at
various times of the most important financial committees of the Society (such as
the Committee on Finance, the Committee on Real Estate, and the Committee
on Ways and Means), he gave to the Society, on the many weighty problems that
have confronted it during the last two decades, the benefit of his long experience
in a successful business career and of his sound judgment, and, when called
occasionally to the chair either in the Council or in the Society, he presided with
courtesy, firmness, and fairness. The Society enters in its records at this time
this tribute to its late officer and councillor, and extends to his children its heart-
felt sympathy in their affliction.

The Chair then called for nominations for the office of Vice-
President from Massachusetts, and Hon. Charles Sidney Ensign
of Newton was nominated for that office.

On motion it was

Voted, That the Society proceed to the election of officers and councillors,
agreeable to the provisions of the By-Laws:

That three tellers be appointed by the Chair, and that said tellers shall receive,
sort, and count the ballots, and make a report to this meeting:

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That the polls be now opened, and stand open until every member present has
had opportunity to vote.

In accordance with this vote the Chair appointed as tellers Messrs.
George W. Chamberlain and J. Gardner Bartlett and Rev.
Anson Titus, and the election by ballot of officers and councillors
took place.

After the polls were closed the Chair presented as the speaker of
the afternoon Charles Eliot Goodspeed of Boston, Mass., who
read what purported to be a diary written in the early part of the
nineteenth century, but which, as the speaker divulged in closing,
was a compilation of his own. This paper was illustrated by interest-
ing lantern slides, which justified the title, American Life as Portrayed
in Early Prints.

On motion a vote of thanks to the speaker was adopted.
The tellers then reported that officers and councillors had been
elected as follows:

President
James Phinney Baxter, of Portland, Me.

Vice-Presidents
Charles Sidney Ensign, of Newton, Mass.
Henry Deering, of Portland, Me.
John Carroll Chase, of Deny, N. H.
William Wallace Stickney, of Ludlow, Vt.
William Paine Sheffield, of Newport, R. I.
George Seymour Godard, of Hartford, Conn.

Recording Secretary
Alfred Johnson, of Brookline, Mass.

Corresponding Secretary
George Andrews Moriarty, Jr., of Newport, R. I.

Treasurer
Lew Cass Hill, of Boston, Mass.

Librarian
William Prescott Greenlaw, of Winthrop, Mass.

Councillors for the term of three years, 1917, 1918, 1919
Mrs. Annie Corinne Ellison, of Belmont, Mass.
Nathan Matthews, of Boston, Mass.
James Melville Hunnewell, of Boston, Mass.

On motion it was

Voted, That the proceedings of this meeting, with the annual reports accepted,
the address of the President, and the biographical notices of deceased members,
be printed as a supplement to the April, 1917, number of the New England

PROCEEDINGS AT THE ANNUAL MEETING XI

Historical and Genealogical Register, that a copy of said supplement be
mailed to every member of the Society not receiving the Register, to the families
of members deceased during the past year, and to exchanging societies, and that
the Council be charged with the execution of this order.

Voted, That the New England Historic Genealogical Society enters on its
records at this time its appreciation of the services rendered by the retiring
. councillors, Charles Sidney Ensign and Henry Earl Parmenter, who have
during their terms of office given of their time, their thought, and their counsel
that the broad purpose of the Society, the collection and preservation of genea-
logical records for the public benefit, might be attained.

The annual address of the President was then read by the Record-
ing Secretary, and was as follows:

"In such a period of stress as this, in which even we may be in-
volved in war, it may seem inopportune for me to revert to the subject
upon which I addressed you nearly two years ago, namely, the erec-
tion in Boston of a memorial to the men who laid in New England
the foundations of popular government; but if there was ever a time
when we should cherish the ideals of our forefathers, it is a time like
this, when monarchy and its concomitant, militarism, are deluging
Europe in blood. I say that militarism is a concomitant of mon-
archy, because you and I no doubt agree that, had popular govern-
ment ruled in Europe, the present war would not have been. If I am
right, it is those really great men, who laid the foundations of a free
commonwealth, to whom we owe a debt which we can only repay by
keeping their memory ever bright. To do this, I say now, as I said
then, that their descendants should endeavor to give expression to
their ideals in a lasting memorial, which shall not only vividly pre-
serve to future generations the memory of their forefathers, but
reflect imperishable honor upon the men of this generation who
recognize their duty in honoring them.

"To accomplish this will be not only of incalculable importance to
the people of New England, but, reflectively, to the Nation, many of
whose ideals derived from the Fathers of New England have inspired
it in achieving its present position among the nations of the world.
The men who in the early part of the eighteenth century landed on
our North Atlantic shores were men of vision, animated by a great
purpose, the founding of commonwealths; and their descendants,
inheriting the virtues of their fathers, blazed a path through the vast
wilderness which barred their way to the West, until they reached the
golden gates of the Pacific, and made it possible to exclaim:
'No pent-up Utica contracts our powers,
For the whole boundless continent is ours.'

" These men, with hearts throbbing with the blood of the Fathers
of New England, and inspired by their ideals, have given to the
Nation many of its noblest characteristics, which must be cherished
and preserved, if it is to lead as the exemplar of Liberty, Justice, and
Brotherhood, among the nations of the world. But to accomplish
this these descendants of New England fathers must be united in the
purpose which, three centuries ago, animated the men in the little
cabin of the Mayflower, when they signed their names to that remark-

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able declaration of principles, which gave vitality to our national
constitution, a declaration which the descendants of Puritans and
Pilgrims alike cherished and for which they shed their blood. We
have reached a period when without the cooperation of the millions
who bear the blood of the Founders of New England our high hopes
for the future welfare of this country may fail of fruition.

"Let us reflect upon what has happened since the day we achieved
our independence, and threw wide our gates with an all too generous
impulse of hospitality. Actuated by a laudable ambition to better
their condition, vast numbers of the people of all parts of the world,
who had been oppressed by exacting laws, flocked to our shores,
most of them valuable additions to our population. Among them,
however, were many who, unfit to avail themselves of the blessings
of free government, have proved to be a menace to the Nation's
welfare. These advocates and supporters of theories attractive to
untrained minds, if not checked, may bring on a destructive revolu-
tion. How can this be met successfully? The only answer is, by
instruction in the principles which actuated the men and women who
laid the foundations of those free commonwealths, whose principles
have been wrought into our national constitution, which the I. W. W.
and their allies would destroy and substitute in its place a thing of
their own, in which License would take the place of Liberty, Class
Favoritism the place of Equality, and the Nullification of Property
Rights the place of Justice. During the last few years we have been
receiving a larger percentage than ever of undesirable immigrants,
and, when the war closes, the nations engaged in it will hold back
their abler men and pour a flood of diseased and feeble ones into this
country, unless Congress puts up sufficient barriers, which it is hardly
likely to do.

"To the men whom dangerous theorists are daily making their
dupes the history of the Founders of our Nation is a closed book;
and I believe that the most effective way to deprive the dangerous
advocates of false theories of government of an audience is to instruct
the uninformed in the principles of those who created the early history
of our country. Our churches, our schools, all our philanthropic
agencies are doing good work in this field, but they cannot sufficiently
impress the uninstructed masses of our varied population. They
must be reached by readier means; and few will deny that a building
such as is here advocated would not only be a pious tribute to our
forefathers but a most effective method of instruction to the masses
who would throng its pictorial halls, which would visualize to them
not only those who devoted their lives to making here a refuge for
the oppressed of all lands, but the striking events of our history.
Such a temple would exert an educational influence upon the unin-
structed of incalculable worth.

"But we must not rest here. We must unite the people of New
England blood who are scattered through every State of the Union
in our undertaking. We need a roster bearing all their names, that
their influence may be consolidated in the preservation of the prin-
ciples of their forefathers. There are patriotic societies in most of
the States which may be made available in collecting these names,

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which should be inscribed in a volume to be preserved forever in this
historic building. This enrolment secured, we may be sure that our
efforts will be generously seconded.

"As you remember, at the meeting more than a year and a half
ago I advocated the erection of a New England Pantheon or Temple
of Honor, and you voted that I should appoint a committee to take
the subject into consideration. That committee was appointed, and
representatives from the Massachusetts Historical Society and the
American Antiquarian Society were invited to meet it in conference.
Your committee, however, is not yet prepared to report."

The Chair presented a representative of the General Electric
Company, who extended to the men of the Society an invitation to
attend an address by President Baxter, on the proposed memorial
to the. Founders of New England, to be delivered at the Boston City
Club on 6 March.

The Chair then declared the meeting dissolved.

After the meeting the ladies of the reception committee served
refreshments to the members of the Society and their guests.

Alfred Johnson,

Recording Secretary.

REPORT OF THE COUNCIL

Prepared by Hon. Chables Sidney Ensign, LL.B.

The reports of the committees of the Society for the year 1916
are presented with the urgent request for their perusal.

The objects of the Society have been maintained, and the general
public served as well as possible under rigid economy and limited
service. This, however, cannot be continuously sustained and the
reputation of the Library maintained unless adequate funds are
secured. A study of the reports of the Treasurer, the Co mmi ttee on
Finance, and the Committee on the Library will disclose the Society's
pressing needs. Our members and friends must fully realize that
the maintenance of the work in our well-equipped building must
have their generous support, and we are confident that this will be
forthcoming when the conditions are fully understood.

Personal gifts of books and pamphlets, money donations for
binding and rebinding and for English Research, with additional
membership dues coupled with generous bequests, will enable our
work to be continued; and a personal appeal is made to every member
and friend to aid in these efforts.

The Council's year has been a busy one, and it has in harmony
sought by every means in its power to hold up the standard which
our Society has held as a leader among kindred organizations.

Through its efforts, supported by the Society, the By-Laws have
been simplified into an harmonious code, the power of election to
membership granted to it, and the compilation and publication of
genealogies of American families undertaken, all very important ad-
vancements in the Society's work.

"Upward and onward" has been the Society's aim from its or-
ganization, and a review of its seventy-two years' work shows its

accomplishments in a marked degree

The Report of the Committee on Finance, by Miss Selma Ellis
Pond, Secretary:

The Committee on Finance reports that the money derived from
the payment of the David W. Gorham mortgage ($1,000) and of
3 Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Ry. Co. 4J's, due 1 Feb. 1916, Nos.
5829-31 ($3,000), together with $100 received as gifts, was used to
reduce the indebtedness of the Society by the partial payment of a
note for $10,000, dated December 28, 1915, and falling due June 28,
1916, a new note for $5,900, dated June 28, 1916, and falling due
December 28, 1916, being given. This note for $5,900 has been
replaced by a new note for the same amount, dated December 28,
1916, and falling' due June 28, 1917.

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Gifts to the amount of $1,310 were received during the year, in
response to the appeal of the Committee to members to help in
reducing the indebtedness of the Society.

The Report of the Committee on Wats and Means, by William
Streeter Richardson, Chairman:

Certain lines of effort which, as noted in the report of this Com-
mittee for the year 1915, had yielded only limited results, have during
1916 shown some substantial returns which are encouraging and
definitely helpful.

This work will be continued and extended in ways which, the
Committee has reason to hope, give promise of further success.

Suggestions or assistance which will help towards an increase of
the income or a reduction of the debt will be much appreciated.

The Report of the Committee on Increase of Membership, by
Richard Henry Winslow Dwight, Chairman:

The Committee on Increase of Membership has met at stated
intervals during the year 1916. At the March meeting it was
voted to send out letters to members of the various patriotic and
kindred societies, setting forth the work and needs of the Society,
and inviting them to become members. Fifteen hundred letters
have been sent out to date, with more to follow. The return in
applications for membership has been three and one third per cent.

The Report of the Committee on Sale of Publications, by William
Streeter Richardson, Chairman:

The sales of publications during the year 1916 have been about
the same as those of the past few years. The public libraries of the
country having been, by special endeavor, already supplied with
our publications, it remains only to advertise what we have to offer
to those who may be interested, and this has been carefully attended
to. The present conditions, yielding a fair average profit, offer no
avenue for particular extension. Additions to the stock by gift
during the year have been Tucker, Lawrence, Standish, Batchelder,
Blake, Dodge, Field, Foster, Oak, Ware, and Whitney genealogies,
the History of Hartford, Vt., Records by Rev. John Smith, D.D.,
of Hanover, N. H., and American Authors' Ancestry.

The Report of the Committee on Publications, by James Parker
Parmenter, A.M., LL.B., Chairman:

The Committee on Publications reports that during the year 1916,
in addition to the Register and the Proceedings at the Annual
Meeting, which together make a volume of 490 pages, the Society
has published the Vital Records of Bridgewater, in two volumes,
containing 948 pages, and the Vital Records of New Ashford, con-
taining 43 pages, the total number of pages for the year being 1481.

BEPORTS OF COMMITTEES XV11

The Society has also printed for distribution among persons in-
terested a revised edition — the eighth — of its Handbook, a little
pamphlet of 15 pages containing a brief statement of the history,
purposes, and needs of the Society, together with a list of the Officers,
Councillors, and Committees for 1916.

The Council, accepting a report of this Committee favoring an
increase in the price of the Register, voted in the spring of 1916
that, beginning with vol. 71 (January, 1917), the price of the Regis-
ter should be increased from $4.00 to $5.00 per year, and that the
price of a single number or of the Supplement to the April issue
should be $1.00. It was felt that the increased cost of producing
the magazine not only justified but made necessary this increase in
the subscription price. Notice of the increase in price was given in
the July and October issues of the magazine.

In the early summer the Council asked the Committee to consider
the advisability of extending the publication work of the Society;
and in October the Council, on the recommendation of the Committee,
voted to entrust to the Committee the work of preparing for publi-
cation and of publishing family histories in book form. The Com-
mittee has appointed a special committee to supervise such work,
and an announcement of the readiness of the Society to enter this
field of activity has been made in the advertising pages of the Reg-
ister.

Mr. Edmund Dana Barbour, whose service on the Committee
on Publications began in October 1901, found himself compelled,
by reason of the condition of his health, to decline reappointment
to the Committee for the year beginning in October 1916; and the
Committee has entered in its records, under date of 16 October
1916, the following statement:

The Committee on Publications of the New England Historic Genealogical
Society enters on its records at this time its appreciation of the valuable services
of Mr. Edmund Dana Barbour to the Committee and to the Society. As a
member of the Council of the Society for the three years 1901-1903, as the most
influential advocate of the passage by the Legislature of the Act of 1902 providing
for the publication of the vital records of Massachusetts towns, and as a member
of the Committee on Publications for fifteen consecutive years, he has given of
his time, his thought, and his counsel to promote the objects of the Society and
especially to extend its field of usefulness in the publication of genealogical
records. The Committee hereby expresses its deep regret that Mr. Barbour,
because of impaired health, is unable to remain as a member of the Committee,
and it offers to him its best wishes for future years.

The Report of the Committee on English Research, by Charles
Sherburne Penhallow, A.B., Chairman:

The Committee on English Research presents herewith a report
of its income and expenditures for the year ending 31 December
1916.

This shows a balance from the preceding year of $218.31, which,
with contributions of $759.50, makes a total of $977.81, out of which
there has been paid $598.07, leaving a balance on hand, 31 December
1916, of $379.74, as shown in the accompanying statement.

Our work has been continued the past year not without difficulties,

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and at an increased expense on account of the disturbed conditions
arising from the war.

We take this opportunity of thanking those who have contributed
to our work this year, and of bringing to the attention of all members
of the Society and others interested in English research that we have
to rely entirely on these contributions to continue that work, and that
it should be continued without interruption to be of the greatest
value to the Society.

Receipts:

Balance, 1 January 1916, as per

last report

. $218.31

Subscriptions:

William E. Stone $100.00

H. C. Chatfield-Taylor

100.00

Lew C. Hill

5.00

Hon. James P. Baxter

20.00

Alfred Johnson .

12.50

Henry A. Clark

20.00

Charles S. Penhallow

10.00

Dr. Augustus Thorndike

25.00

C. L. Newhall

5.00

Miss Emma F. Munroe

10.00

Miss Juliet Porter .

10.00

Miss Mary Woodman

10.00

Nathaniel T. Kidder

50.00

Hon. James P. Parmentei

25.00

Mrs. Charles H. Hood

10.00

Boylston A. Beal

5.00

Miss Ellen A. Stone .

10.00 •

John B.White .

10.00

Charles P. Cooley .

25.00

Dr. Henry D. Holton

10.00

Mrs. Jessie C. Larkin

2.00

Henry Deering .

20.00

Professor Raphael Pumpelly

25.00

Mrs. Evelyn MacCurdy Salisl

>ury

10.00

Robert A. Boit .

5.00

George B. Knapp

20.00

Charles Deering

25.00

Mrs. Ada Small Moore

25.00

Dorrance Reynolds .

10.00

Miss Susan B. Meech

25.00

George B. Snow

10.00

Alexis E. Frye .

10.00

Henry D. Woods

100.00

ST7V1 nft

$• Oa . 0\I

$977.81
Payments:

Miss French, 12 mos. at $25.00 $300.00

" " for extra contributions .... 210.00
" " expenses 82.08

Printing, etc 5.99

$598.07

Balance, 31 December 1916 $379.74

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES XIX

The Report of the Committee on Heraldry, by Robert Dickson
Weston, A.B., Chairman:

During the past year the members of the Committee on Heraldry
have, as usual, given all the assistance they could to people seeking
heraldic information. The Committee has met frequently to con-
sider applications presented (pursuant to the vote of the Society of
4 November 1914) for the recording of coats of arms belonging to
"original settlers." Acting on behalf of the Society, and being
satisfied by the evidence submitted by the applicants, the Committee
has already accepted and duly recorded the arms that belonged to
original settlers whose surnames were: Appleton, Bowen, Bulkley,
Dumaresq, Gore, Pynchon, Washington, and Winthrop.

It is hoped that the number of coats recorded will at least be
doubled during the coming year.

The Report of the Committee on the Library, by George Sawin
Stewart, A.B., Secretary:

The year 1916 compared with 1915 shows an increase in the number
of genealogies acquired and in the total accessions to the Library.
It also shows an increased use of the Library. While the registration
of nonmembers was seven per cent less than in 1915, the total use
by members and nonmembers was four per cent greater in 1916.
The Library staff was still further reduced by the resignation of
Miss Winona M. Stetson in May. Owing to lack of funds this
vacancy has not been filled, the work which Miss Stetson performed
on the Library staff and for the two Secretaries being divided between
employees in the Library and in the Editorial Department. An
increase in the growth and the use of the Library with a diminished
staff is gratifying to the Committee. There are occasions, frequently,
when the average amount of service per reader available in the Li-
brary is between two and three minutes per hour. In the afternoon
the average is rarely over five minutes per hour. It behooves the
reader not to waste his opportunity by prefacing his request for
books or assistance by unnecessary statements not directly con-
nected with the search in hand. A direct and brief statement to the
attendant of what is wanted in each case is the desideratum under the
existing conditions.

The Committee again calls attention to the desirability of more
money for binding, rebinding, and the repair of books, pamphlets,
and newspapers. The Library is not holding its own in the care of
its books in this particular, let alone bringing into more active use
the accumulation of unbound material, germane to its purposes,
which it has been gathering for many years.

The Committee believes that more energetic means should be
taken to secure money for binding. This need ought to be made
known to all who use the Library, and those who are not members
should be courteously invited to help repair the wear and damage
which they cause.

Acknowledgment is due to Mr. James M. Hunnewell for valuable

N. E. HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

and frequent services in enlarging the Society's collection of college
class reports.

The Committee has met with a severe loss in the death of Mr.
Frank Edson Shedd, one of its most loyal and efficient members.

The Report of the Committee on Collection op Records, by
George Walter Chamberlain, M.S., Chairman:

During the year 1916 the Society received sixty-nine manuscripts
containing genealogical information, including a collection of an-
notated almanacs covering a period of thirty-two years, between
1749 and 1806, the items in which relate to Sutton, Mass., and
Cornish, N. H.

The Chairman has tried to persuade many others to place other
manuscript records in the fireproof safe of this Society.

•A deceased member of this Society spent many years in preparing
a genealogy of the descendants of one of the Mayflower passengers.
He died without publishing it. His only daughter wished to publish
it, but illness prevented her from doing so. Recently she died with-
out mentioning it in her will. Her distant relatives left it on a table
in the home. A woman was sent to clean up the house. The
neighbors saw a bonfire in the back yard, and a most diligent search
has failed to reveal that manuscript, representing years of faithful
work which cannot be duplicated without the expenditure of hundreds
of dollars.

The Report of the Committee on Epitaphs, by Myles Standish,
A.M., M.D., S.D., Chairman:

The geographical distribution of the Committee is such that it
has not been deemed advisable to call a formal meeting of the Com-
mittee during the year, but there has been some correspondence
between the members of the Committee.

In the Register for April and for July, 1916, there was inserted
an invitation to the members of the Society to assist the Committee
in gathering copies of the inscriptions in old and disused burial
grounds, with some instruction as to the best method of procedure.
The note said that the Society would be glad to furnish sheets of
record paper suitable for binding, if members desired to undertake
the work.

There have been about a dozen such applications for the sheets,
and although no records have been returned, the work is time-con-
suming, and it is hoped that the coming year will bring some results.

The Committee has asked the Editor of the Register to republish
the notice in the forthcoming number of the Register, as the attempt
the past year has encouraged it to continue the effort.

REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN

XXI

The Report of the Committee on Papers and Essays, by Alfred
Johnson, A.M., Litt.D., Chairman:

The Committee on Papers and Essays has provided eight lectures
for the stated meetings of the year, as follows:

6 January. — "Indian Life," by Pe-Ahm-E-Squeet (Floating Cloud).

2 February. — "Old Time Pewter, and Lamps and Lighting," by George
Francis Dow, Secretary of the Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.

1 March. — "Salem Ships and Ship Masters," by James Duncan Phillips, A.B.,
of Boston, Mass.

5 April. — " Old Boston Museum Days," by Miss Kate Ryan, of Boston, Mass.

5 May. — "History in Cemeteries," by Hon. Charles Sidney Ensign, LL.B.,
of Newton, Mass.

4 October. — "Colonial Pirates and Privateers," by Albert Bushnell Hart,
Ph.D., LL.D., Litt.D., Eaton Professor of the Science of Government, Harvard
University.

1 November. — "Keeping New England New," by Rev. Samuel Raymond
Maxwell, Minister of the Second Church in Boston.

6 December. — "The Battle of Rhode Island," by Hon. Charles Warren
Lippitt, of Providence, R. I., former Governor of Rhode Island.

One of the lectures was illustrated with steropticon slides, and
one with a loan exhibit. Refreshments were served at each of the
meetings.

The average attendance for the year has been 195.

REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN

Presented by William Pbescott Greenlaw

The total accessions for the year number 812 volumes, 810 pam-
phlets, and 88 miscellaneous articles, an increase of eleven per cent over
the accessions of last year. Of these, 263 volumes and 71 pamphlets
were purchased; 490 volumes, 717 pamphlets, and 88 miscellaneous
articles were given; and 59 volumes and 22 pamphlets were received
in exchange. These, added to the estimated number in the Library
as reported last year, give 40,523 volumes and 41,212 pamphlets
as the approximate number in the Library on 31 December 1916.
Three hundred and thirteen genealogies were acquired during the
year, an increase of ten over the preceding year.

The Library has been enriched and the duplicate collection en-
larged through a bequest of books from the late Mrs. Susan (Vining)
Griggs and a gift of books from the library of the late Frederick
Lewis Gay.

The policy of gathering appropriate works from all sources to build
up the Library in accordance with its chartered purpose has been
continued.

The use of the Library in 1916 was about ten per cent more than
it averaged during the last few years in the old building and about
four per cent more than in 1915. While the number of visitors

XXU N. E. HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

registered in 1916 was slightly less than in the preceding year, there
was an increase in the attendance of members. A few years ago
attention was called to the occasional use of the Library for scientific
purposes by students of heredity, a use that has bad a marked
increase in 1916.

A still further reduction of the Library staff leaves the working
force too small to perform all the work that ought to be done. It
seems wise, however, to do the best that can be done with the reduced
staff, until the Society's income increases.

The most imperative need of the Library at present is money for
the repair and binding of books, pamphlets, newspapers, and manu-
scripts.

REPORT OF THE CORRESPONDING
SECRETARY

Presented by George Andrews Moriarty, Jr., A.M., LL.B.

Boston, 30 December 1916.

During the year 1916 the following persons have joined the Society:
Corresponding Member

John Osborne Austin Providence, R. I.

Resident and Life Members

William A. Alcock New York, N. Y.

Mrs. Anna Winter (Page) Allyn Cambridge

Charles Fanning Ayer, A.B Boston

Franklin Barnard Boston

Nelson Slater Bartlett, A.B Manchester

George Hunt Barton, S.B Cambridge

Frank William Bayley Jamaica Plain

Mrs. Louisa (Adams) Beal Boston

Albert Farwell Bemis, S.B Chestnut Hill

Margaret Graham Blaine, A.B Taunton

Carl Forrest Blaisdell Laconia, N. H.

James Frederick Bliss Boston

Stanwood Knowles Bolton Shirley

Charles Wetter Bowen Providence, R. I.

William Churchill Briggs West Somerville

Emma Elisabeth Brigham Brookline

Thomas Hassall Brown Boston

Winfield Martin Brown Boston

Barry Bulkley, B.A Washington, D. C.

Gershom Frank Bulkley, M.E Denver, Colo.

Samuel Kendall Burbank Pittsford, Vt.

Charles Wellington Burt, LL.B Brookline

Mrs. Ida May (Cartland) Canty Boston

George Edgar Carmichael, A.B Greenwich, Conn.

Agnes Z. Carpenter Natchez, Miss.

Mrs. Deborah Edith (Wallbridge) Carr, M.S. . . Scranton, Pa.

BEPOBT OF THE COBBESPONDING SECBETABT XXU1

Mrs. Susan Day Clark Boston

Duane Phillips Cobb, B.A South Orange, N. J.

Walter Cleveland Cogswell Boston

William Merritt Conant, A.B., M.D. ..... Boston

Francis Lowell Coolidge, A.B Boston

Andrew Payne Cornwall, M.D Brookline

Mrs. Margaret (Kimball) Chunmings Boston

Harry W. Cumner Boston

Charles Francis Cutler, A.B Boston

Harold Ward Dana, A.B., M.D Brookline

Richard Henry Dana, A.B., LL.B Cambridge

Mrs. Julia B. (Newman) Danforth Buffalo, N. Y.

Harrison Merrill Davis Salem

Fred Holland Day Norwood

James Vaughan Dennett Framingham

Mrs. Louise Parrish Dix Boston

Mrs. Amanda E. Dwight Melrose

Mrs. Irene (Harwood) Ellis Brookline

Mrs. Florence Carlton (Fowler) Evans Newbury

Mrs. Mary Leila Lilian (Horsford) Farlow . . . Cambridge

Ernest Flagg New York, N. Y.

Mrs. Mabel (Hill) Foster Needham

William Alexander Gaston, A.B. Boston

Mrs. Jane N. Grew Boston

Paul Mascarene Hamlen, A.B Boston

Robert Everett Hastings St. Joseph, Mo.

Mrs. Helen M. Heartt . . St. Augustine, Fla.

Mrs. Corina (Shattuck) Higginson Boston

Ernest W. Howes Boston

Russell Leigh Jackson Newburyport

John Temple Lloyd Jeffries, A.B Orleans

Dorman Bridgman Eaton Kent Montpelier, Vt.

Edward Holmes Kittredge, A.B Cambridge

Ethel Louisa Latham Boston

Charles Emelius Lauriat Brookline

Charles Edward Lawrence Medford

Robert Gardner McClung, B.A., LL.B Boston

William Tileston McKechnie Dorchester

Mrs. Bessie (Pardee) McKee Boston

Mrs. Salome Jane (Abbott) Marland Maiden

Edgar Jean Marston Greenwich, Conn.

Eleanor Pope Martin Milton

Thomas O. Marvin Boston

John McKinstry Merriam, A.M Framingham

Mrs. Wilhelmina Galloupe Mixter Boston

George Austin Morrison, Jr., A.M., LL.B. . . . New York, N. Y.

Mrs. Florence lone (Orr) Murray, B.S Wellesley Farms

Charles Sumner Norris Brookline

Percy Allen Parsons, B.A East Orange, N. J.

Charles Endicott Patch Brookline

Arthur Dunton Perry Dorchester

Alice Victory Peyton Stoneham

Mrs. Helen H. (White) Putnam Brookline

Bertha Augusta Raymond Somerville

Percy Edward Raymond, A.B., Ph.D Cambridge

John Richardson Newton

Emily Mather Richey Huntington. W. Va.

Mrs. Lesley Day (Woodruff) Riter Salt Lake City, Utah

Mrs. Ellen Tyler (Cheever) Rockwood Worcester

Mrs. Margaret Barron (Southgate) Rucker . . . Rolla, Mo.

Mrs. Margaret Pelham (Curtis) Russell Boston

Mrs. Sophie W. (Hayes) Sage Newport, R. I.

Stewart Marion Seymour, A.B., LL.B New York, N. Y.

Frank Dempster Sherman, Ph.B New York, N. Y.

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Edward David Shurtleff Marengo, HI.

William Chalmers Skinner Brooklme

Elizabeth Almy Slade Cornish, N. H.

Mrs. Helen Louise (Shaw) Smalley Medfield

Alton Lincoln Smith, M.S Worcester

George Burwell Snow Long Beach, Cal.

James Wheelock Spring, LL.B Newton Centre

Josiah Edward Spurr, A..M Philadelphia, Pa.

Leland Stanford Stallings Breckenridge, Minn .

George Beckwith Stevens, M.D Dorchester

Clarence Gordon Swain Boston

George Hastings Swift Boston

Mrs. Lizzie Ella (Palmer) Taylor Medford

Elizabeth Whitwell Thomas Boston

Rutherford Trowbridge New Haven, Conn.

Frank Dean Tubbs, A.M., S.T.D Lewiston, Me.

Edward Durbrow Ver Planck Brookline

Mrs. Mary Angelina (Whiting) Webber .... Brighton

Arthur Holbrook Wellman, M.A., LL.B Topsfield

Charles Alfred West Boston

Anna Maria Whiting Newton

William Whitman Brookline

Alice Wiggin Franklin

Susan Woodman Dover, N. H.

William E. Woodworth Tiverton, R. I.

Herbert William Yemans, M.D San Francisco, Cal.

Total number of those whose membership begins in 1916, 117.

The following twenty-one Resident Members joined the Society

late in the year, and their membership will date from 1 January 1917:

Frank Levi Aldrich Manchester, N. H.

John Gilman Ballord Minneapolis, Minn.

Gertrude Marion Beard, A.B Cambridge

Charles Elmer Bushnell New York, N. Y.

Ebed Stoddard Cook Windsor, Vt.

Florence Dix .... Greenbush

John J. Mitchell Fairbank, B.A Boston

Jeannie Scott Gloster Boston

Martha Mary Hale Haverhill

Donald Lines Jacobus, M.A New Haven, Conn.

Mrs. Minnie (Bradbury) Kellogg Boston

John Emerson Marble South Pasadena, Cal.

Frances Amelia Plimpton Boston

Lester Marsh Prindle, A.M Charlotte, Vt.

John Eben Prior . Plainfield, Conn.

Mrs. Maude Ellen (Mailey) Short Haverhill

Henry Nettleton Sweet Dover

Mrs. Lilian Frances (Breed) Thompson .... Lancaster

Mrs. Ella Louise (Chandler) Whiting Somerville

Leonard Wilson Hyattsville, Md.

Charlotte Ellen Wright Portsmouth, N. H.

The following Life Member joined the Society as a Resident
Member before 1860:

Hon. Samuel Abbott Green, A.M., M.D., LL.D. . . June 1858

The following Corresponding Member joined before 1860:

Charles Combault Moreau October 1858

REPORT OF THE TREASURER XXV

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE
KIDDER FUND

Boston, 30 December 1916.

Balance on hand, 31 December 1915 $363.58

Dividend No. 10, 1 February 1916 75.00

Dividend No. 11, 1 August 1916 . . 75.00

$513.58
Books 125.00

Balance on hand, Merchants National Bank $388.58

Nathaniel J. Rust

Francis N. Balch \ Trustees

Wm. Sumner Appleton

REPORT OF THE TREASURER

The Treasurer submits herewith his annual report for the year
ending 30 December 1916.

Cash Receipts

Cash on hand, Uanuary 1916 $2,127.68

Assessments $4,642.75

Subscriptions to N. E. H. G. Register .... 1,235.00

Miscellaneous Registers Sold 540.43

Income Stocks and Bonds 2,792.50

Genealogies and Miscellaneous Publications . . . 337.05

Accrued Interest 841.20

Donations 2,282.97

Vital Records Stock 5,750.95

Printing, Postage, and Stationery 14.88

Benjamin Franklin Dewing Fund 5.00

Income 9A Ashburton Place 1,125.00

Income Simmons College Mortgage 1,500.00

" John P. J. Kidney " 175.00

" JaneHannan " 166.25

Donation for Binding 21.00

William Sumner Appleton Fund 15.00

life Membership Fund 1,150.00

Mortgage Fund 1,000.00

Carried forward $23,594.98 $2,127.68

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N. B. HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

Brought forward . . $23,594.98 $2,127.68

Investment Stock Account 37.88

Investment Bond Account 2,962 . 50

Income Boston Architectural Club Mortgage . . . 291.95

Cheney Memorial Fund 61 . 77

Eddy Town-Record Fund 3.25

Cushman General Fund 8 . 00

Consolidated Index 235.33

Towne Memorial Fund Income 7.00

Committee on Heraldry 9.00

Premium Account 37.50

Real Estate Fire Loss 285.00

Interest paid in Advance 37.82

Miscellaneous 10.20

$28,127.08

Total Cash Receipts $30,254.76

Cash Payments

Books for Library $841.29

Salaries 5,069.02

Care of House 1,309.20

Publishing N. E. H. G. Register 2,661.30

Miscellaneous Expenses 432.66

Printing, Postage, and Stationery 1,068.75

Heating and Lighting 864.86

Eddy Town-Record Fund 5,677.90

Cataloguing 582.97

Suspended Bills 121.59

Committee on Papers and Essays 153 . 20

Registers on hand 79.30

Binding 459.47

Consolidated Index 14.00

Income 9A Ashburton Place 1,848 . 50

Real Estate Fire Loss 268.00

Committee on Heraldry 9.00

Insurance 32.42

Notes Payable 4,100.00

Mortgage Interest 2,137.50

Interest paid in Advance 255.38

Construction Expense 85.00

Total Cash Payments $28,071.31

Cash Balance, 30 December 1916 $2,183.45

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Verification of Cash Balance

Balance on hand per Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co.,

30 December 1916 $2,127.87

Less Interest on deposits 16.12

$2,111.75

Add Collection Charges .20

$2,111.95
Less Checks outstanding:

No. 2102 $3.00

3429 5.50

8.50

Balance per Check Book $2,103.45

Cash in Safe 80.00

$2,183.45

General Income Account

This Account has been charged with the following items, viz.:

Society's House, Care and Repairs $1,309.20

Committee on Papers and Essays 153 . 20

Heating and Lighting 935.06

Interest 2,426.16

Miscellaneous Expense 439.48

Printing, Postage, and Stationery 1,062.91

Income 9A Ashburton Place 581 . 50

Salaries 4,269.02

Cataloguing 550.66

Binding 58.77

Publishing N. E. H. G. Register 136.80

Insurance 160.14

Total charges for the year to this account . . . $12,082.90

and has been credited with the following, viz. :

Unrestricted Investment, Income $4,237 . 46

Admissions and Assessments 3,027 . 00

Miscellaneous Registers sold 309.22

Genealogies and Miscellaneous Publications . . . 295 . 72

Publishing N. E. H. G. Register 443 .63

Donations 2,282.97

Total credits for the year to this account . . . . $10,596.00

Balance to Surplus Account 1,486.90

$12,082.90

Restricted Investment Income

applied to the following Accounts:

Books for Library $1,160.33

Cataloguing 32.31

Binding 129.70

Publishing N. E. H. G. Register 133.03

William Sumner Appleton Fund, Entire Income . . 7.81

Benjamin Franklin Dewing Fund, " " ... 5.00

George Sumner Mann Fund, One-half " ... 36.11

Total restricted Income _ $1,504.29

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RECAPITULATION, SHOWING SUMMARIES OF ALL

Library, Fixtures and Fur-
niture

Real Estate (Society's
Building and Land) . .

Consolidated Index . . .

Registers on hand ....

Genealogies and Miscel-
laneous Publications . .
Vital Records Stock . . .
Insurance Unearned . . .

Cash on hand

Interest paid in advance .
Books for Library ....

Binding

Accrued Interest ....
Accrued Rent

Stocks, Bonds, Mortgages
(Schedule A)*

Real Estate (9A Ashburton
Place)

Library Fund

Building Fund

Mortgage Notes Payable .

Notes Payable

Premium Account ....
Eddy Town-Record Fund
Mortgage Fund

Towne Memorial Fund In-
come

Bulkeley Fund

Participating Trust Funds

(Schedule B)

Accrued Bills

Income Account

Surplus

1 January 1916

Assets Liabilities

8109,441.43

174,626.04
3,746.73
5,545.08

3,104.65

12,049.78

127.72

2,127.68

205.33

841.20

155,759.52
39,628.92

$34.19

5507,204.08

109,441.43

86,321.10

68,000.00

10,000.00

2,120.22

8,676.47

270.92
468.00

176,470.20
121.59

45,279.96

1916

Cash

Receipts Payment*

$235.33
3,948.33

337.05
5,750.95

326.48

21.00
841.20

3,000.38

$85.00

14.00

3,540.60

32.42

255.38
841.29
459.47

5,900.00

37.50

3.25

1,000.00

7.00

1,239.77
5,478.84

4,100.00
5,677.90

$507,204.08

$28,127.08

121.59
12,943.66

$28,071.31

* Pro forma entry of securities account at the same book value as in 1915. Cf.
Schedule A.

REPORT OF THE TREASURER
ACCOUNTS (BOOK VALUE) FOR THE YEAR 1916

xsax

1916

Inventory

30 December 1916

Journal

30 December

Debits

Credits

1916

Assets

Liabilities

$1,160.33

$67.00

$110,601.76

174,711.04
3,458.40

965.10

575.03

$5,527.42

5,527.42

295.72

32.60

3,030.72

6,250.06

160.14

12,548.89

2,183.45
134.23

247.47

1,160.33

$105.76

188.47

250.00

816.05

125.00

1,160.33

125.00

152,759.14

39,628.92

110,601.76
86,321.10
68,000.00

5,900.00

6,250.06

48.92
138.93

5,900.00
2,157.72
9,251.88
1,000.00

277.92
468.00

177,758.89
138.93

5,005.99

12,470.81

1,486.90

43,793.06

$22,252.62

$21,357.03

$505,775.02

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Schedule A (concluded)

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MORTGAGES
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$3,500.00

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14,300.00

37,500.00

$93,997.02

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$58,800.00

Total Investment (Book Value) .
Less Cambridge Gas Light Co. Bights .

$152,797.02
37.88

Total

$152,759.14

Books for Library

Unexpended Balance $34.19

Income restricted to buy books 1,160.33

1,194.52

Books Purchased 1,088.76

Unexpended balance carried forward

$105.76

REPORT OF THE TREASURER XXX1U

Schedule B

Funds participating in the Income of Investments:

Librarian Fund $12,763.13

Life Membership Fund 28,444.74

Donors' Free Fund 1,305.00

Ebenezer Alden Fund 1,000.00

William Sumner Appleton Fund 249.62

Walter Titus Avery Fund 950.00

John Barstow Fund 1,200.00

Robert Charles Billings Fund 5,000.00

Robert Charles Billings Book Fund 5,000.00

Henry Bond Fund 2,500.00

John Merrill Bradbury Fund 2,500.00

Edward Ingersoll Browne Fund 1,000.00

Cheney Memorial Book Fund . .-: 412.67

Jonas Gilman Clark Fund 2,000.00

Thomas Crane Fund 1,000.00

Cushman Genealogical Fund 514.47

Benjamin Franklin Dewing Fund 159 . 88

Pliny Earle Fund 1,000.00

Robert Henry Eddy Fund 36,788.00

Charles Louis Flint Fund 5,000.00

John Foster Fund 5,000.00

Charles Edward French Fund 1,000.00

Moses Kimball Fund 5,000.00

Charles Lamed Fund 1,000.00

Williams Latham Fund 1,000.00

George Sumner Mann Fund 2,270.94

Noah Martin Fund 200.44

Ira Ballou Peck Fund 1,000.00

Mary Warren Russell Fund 3,000.00

Samuel Elwell Sawyer Fund 4,000.00

Anne Elizabeth Sever Fund 5,000.00

Edmund Farwell Slafter Fund 500.00

George Plumer Smith Fund 10,000.00

Joseph Henry Stickney Fund 1,000.00

Wilham Cleaves Todd Fund : 11,000.00

William Blanchard Towne Memorial Fund 3,000.00

Wilham Blake Trask Fund 500.00

John Harvey Treat Fund 10,000.00

Mehitable Calef Coppenhagen Wilson Fund 500.00

Robert Charles Winthrop, Jr., Fund 3,000.00

Cyrus Woodman Fund 1,000.00

Total $177,758.89

Lew C. Hill, Treasurer.

Auditors' Certificates
The undersigned hereby certify that they have examined the securities of the
New England Historic Genealogical Society and have found them to be in ac-
cordance with the lists.

Charles S. Penhallow | . ...
Boston, 22 January 1917. Hosea Starr Ballou J

The books and accounts of the Treasurer of the New England Historic Genea-
logical Society for the year 1916 have been thoroughly examined; the disburse-
ments of cash have been compared with the vouchers; the balance % of cash on
hand at the close of the year, $2,183.45, was verified; and all were found to be
correct.

William Franklin Hall, C.P.A.,

Boston, 13 January 1917. Accountant and Auditor

XXXIV N. E. HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

REPORT OF THE HISTORIAN

Presented by Rev. Lewis Wildeb Hicks, MA.

NECROLOGY FOR 1916

[The dates in the first column indicate the years of election]

Life Members

1912 Mrs. Lucy Ann (Lane) Norcross, of Boston, was born in Boston
13 October 1816, and died there 13 February.

1912 James Longley, of Boston, was born in Boston 13 January 1840, and
died there 9 May.

1885 Elthu Cbauncey, A.M., of New York City, was born in Philadelphia,
Pa., 17 August 1840, and died in New York City 16 May.

1879 Charles Bailey Gooktn, of Boston, a life member since 1908, was
born in Boston 26 September 1847, and died at Tisbury, Mass.,
16 June.

1905 Emory McClintock, A.M., Ph.D., LL.D., of Bayhead, N. J., was

born at Carlisle, Pa., 19 September 1840, and died at Bayhead

10 July.
1883 Hon. Horace Davis, A.B., LL.D., of San Francisco, Cal., was born

at Worcester, Mass., 16 March 1831, and died at San Francisco

13 July.
1871 Francis Everett Blake, LL.D., of Princeton, Mass., a life member

since 1888, was born at Princeton 3 August 1839, and died at

Worcester, Mass., 14 July.
1867 John Jacob Loud, A.M., of Weymouth, Mass., a life member since

1874, was born at Weymouth 2 November 1844, and died there

10 August.
1890 Frank Edson Shedd, B.S., of Dorchester, Mass., was born at Sharon,

N. H., 18 July 1856, and died at Dorchester 22 September.
1910 David Hubbard Nutting, M.D., of Randolph Centre, Vt., was born

at Randolph Centre 17 May 1829, and died there 5 October.
1912 Levi Henry Elwell, M.A., of Amherst, Mass., was born at North-
ampton, Mass., 22 March 1854, and died at Amherst 27 December.

Resident Members

1904 Francis McGee Thompson, of Greenfield, Mass., was born at Col-
rain, Mass., 16 October 1833, and died at Greenfield 1 January.

1904 Esek Steere Ballord, of Davenport, Iowa, was born at Bloomfield,
Conn., 26 July 1830, and died at Kenilworth, 111., 5 January.

1912 Brig.-Gen. Franklin George Butterfield, A.M., of Derby Line,

Vt., was born at Rockingham, Vt., 11 May 1842, and died at Derby

Line 6 January.
1890 Archibald Murray Howe, A.M., LL.B., of Cambridge, Mass., was

born at Northampton, Mass., 20 May 1S48, and died at Cambridge

6 January.
1881 Rev. William Spooner Smith, B.A., of Auburndale, Mass., was born

at Leverett, Mass., 10 July 1821, and died at Auburndale 11

January.

1913 Mrs. Anna Buckham (Wright) Moore, of New York City, was

born in New York City 29 July 1859, and died there 30 January.

REPORT OF THE HISTORIAN XXXV

1914 William Henry Davison, A.M., of Pensacola, Fla., was born in
Boston 24 October 1824, and died at Pensacola 31 January.

1896 William Gardner Spear, of Pembroke, Mass., was born at Wey-
mouth, Mass., 26 October 1852, and died at Framingham, Mass.,
31 January.

1910 Leeut.-Col. Francis Snow Hesselttne, A.M., of Newtonville,
Mass., was born at Bangor, Me., 10 December 1833, and died at
Newtonville 17 February.

1892 Frederick Lewis Gat, A.B., of Brookline, Mass., was born in Boston
28 October 1856, and died at Brookline 3 March.

1914 Alfred Addison Thomas, A.B., of Dayton, Ohio, was born at Hamil-
ton, Ohio, 4 July 1845, and died at Dayton 3 March.

1906 Frederick Thayer Hunt, A.B., of East Weymouth, Mass., was
born at Scituate, Mass., 11 September 1857, and died at East
Weymouth 8 March.

1911 William Palmer Bolles, M.D., of Boston, was born at New London,
Conn., 14 June 1845, and died in Boston 18 March.

1910 ' John McAllister Stevenson, of Pittsfield, Mass., was born at
Cambridge, N. Y., 31 August 1846, and died at Asheville, N. C,
20 March.

1883 Charles Chauncey, A.B., of Philadelphia, Pa., was born in Phila-
delphia 15 August 1838, and died there 3 April.

1910 Mrs. Deborah Jane Spaulding (Pomeroy) Darling, of Lincoln,
Mass., was born at Southampton, Mass., 3 April 1845, and died at
Lincoln 6 April.

1886 William Stanford Stevens, A.M., M.D., of Boston, was born in
Boston 13 June 1859, and died there 29 April.

1909 Arthur Presbrey Fowler, of Brookline, Mass., was born in Boston
12 April 1862, and died there 26 May.

1912 Frank Herbert Damon, of Scituate, Mass., was born at South
Scituate, Mass., 10 June 1854, and died at Stoneham, Mass., 19
June.

1910 Addison Lyman Day, B.S., of St. Louis, Mo., was born at Springfield,
Mass., 29 April 1849, and died in St. Louis 25 June.

1914 Mrs. Marguerite Levering (Woods) Ayer, of Winchester, Mass.,
was born at Cambridge, Mass., 12 May 1881, and died at Win-
chester 28 June.

1895 Louis Augustus Woodbury, M.D., of Groveland, Mass., was born
at Salem, N. H., 1 October 1844, and died at Groveland 18 July.

1916 John Richardson, of Newton, Mass., was born at Newton 22 October
1857, and died at Cohasset, Mass., 30 July.

1911 Charles Sumner Dana, B.A., of Marietta, Ohio, was born at Bel-

pr6, Ohio, 15 November 1864, and died at Marietta 1 August.
1905 Warren Fisher Gay, A.B., M.D., of Boston, was born at Swamp-
scott, Mass., 24 July 1866, and died in Boston 26 August.

1916 Charles Wetter Bowen, of Providence, R. I., was born at Provi-
dence 22 January 1851, and died there 15 September.

1916 Frank Dempster Sherman, Ph.B., of New York City, was born at
Peekskill, N. Y., 6 May 1860, and died in New York City 19 Sep-
tember.

1894 Melvtn Eugene Rice, of South Sudbury, Mass., was born at Brook-
field, Vt., 22 May 1847, and died at South Sudbury 21 September.

XXXVI

N. E. HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

1915 Thomas Earlb White, of Philadelphia, Pa., was born in Phila-

delphia 18 November 1857, and died there 7 October.

1913 McDonald Ellis White, A.B., of Salem, Mass., was born in Boston

11 June 1863, and died at Etna, Me., 12 October.

1914 Franklin Fogg, of Tacoma, Wash., was born at Stuart, Iowa, 10

August 1879, and died at Washington, D. G., 18 October.
1903 Isaac Dimond Blodgett, of Ashland, Mass., was bom at Dorchester,
N. H., 11 May 1828, and died at Ashland 19 October.

1900 Col. Albert Cyrus Warren, of Brookline, Mass., was born in St.

Louis, Mo., 18 March 1852, and died at Brookline 10 November.

1901 Ernest Lewis Gay, A.B., of Boston, was born in Boston 14 December

1874, and died on a railroad train, between New Haven, Conn., and
Boston, 25 November.

1916 George Austin Morrison, Jr., A.M., LL.B., of New York City,

was born in New York City 26 March 1864, and died there 30
November.

1898 Hon. George Sheldon, of Deerfield, Mass., was born at Deerfield
30 November 1818, and died there 23 December.

Deaths that occurred in 1915, but not recorded until now

1901 Albert Colburn Tilden, of East Boston, Mass., a resident member,

was born at Pembroke, Mass., 28 November 1862, and died in

Boston 4 May 1915.
1898 Abel Tuttle Barnes, of Jamaica Plain, Mass., a resident member,

was born at West Granville, Mass., 1 June 1836, and died at Sharon,

Mass., 8 June 1915.
1897 Charles Field Haseltine, of Philadelphia, Pa., a resident member,

was born in Philadelphia 29 July 1840, and died there 5 December

1915.

MEMOIRS

OF THE

NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

Prepared by Rev. Lewis Wilder Hicks, M.A., Historian

The following pages contain obituary notices of members who
died during the year 1916, with the addition of three who died in the
year 1915. The notices are arranged in the order in which the
deaths occurred.

1915

Albert Colbuen Tilden of East Boston, Mass., a resident mem-
ber since 1901, was born at Pembroke, Mass., 28 November 1862, the
son of Charles Albert and Catherine Jacobs (Glover) Tilden, and
died in Boston 4 May 1915. He traced his lineage from Nathaniel 1
Tilden of Scituate, in the Plymouth Colony, through Joseph, 2 Samuel, 3
Samuel, 4 Samuel, 5 Dea. Samuel, 6 Capt. Luther, 7 Luther Albert, 8 and
Charles Albert, 9 his father.

He was educated in the public schools of Boston, graduating at
the Chapman School and later at the English High School. His
first employment was in the dry goods house of his uncle, B. F. Lara-
bee. Subsequently he entered Sheriff O'Brien's office as a clerk,
and in two years became deputy sheriff of Suffolk County, a position
which he held for twenty years, winning for himself the good will of
a wide circle of men within and without public life by his fidelity to
duty and his courtesy to all with whom he came in contact. It has
been said of him that "he was endowed with a high sense of honor,
and the nobility of his character was stamped in every act of life."
He was a devoted Republican, and before his appointment on the
shrievalty staff was one of the leaders of the party. Well known
to the judiciary and lawyers of Suffolk County, he was considered
an authority on court procedure.

He was a thirty-second degree Mason, a member of the Order of
Odd Fellows, the Ancient Order of United Workmen, the Boston
City Club, and the Society of Mayflower Descendants, and was
formerly a lieutenant in the Maverick Rifles, the well-known East
Boston military company.

He married, 4 November 1896, Marie Emily Schuler of Greenfield,
Mass., who survives him.

Abel Tuttle Barnes of Jamaica Plain, Mass., a resident member
since 1898, was born at West Granville, Mass., 1 June 1836, the
son of John Wesley and Amanda (Gowdy) Barnes, and died at Sharon,

(xxxvii)

XXXV111

N. E. HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

Mass., 8 June 1915. He traced his descent from Thomas 1 Barnes of
New Haven, through Maybee, 2 Ebenezer, 3 Benjamin, 4 Benjamin, 5
and John Wesley, 6 his father.

He was educated at a select school in Springfield, Mass., at a private
academy in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, and at the Bryant and Stratton
Commercial School in Cleveland, Ohio, at which he was graduated
in 1857.

He learned the machinist's trade in Cleveland. In 1858 he formed
a partnership with his older brother, his father-in-law, his brother-in-
law, and two others, and went to Tiffin, Ohio, where, under the firm
name of Smith, Barnes & Company, they engaged in the manufacture
of farm implements and machinery. In 1865 the firm was incorporated
under the name of the Tiffin Agricultural Works, and Mr. Barnes
was elected president of the company, holding this position for four
successive years. In 1869 he resigned, went to Lancaster, Ohio,
and organized the Hocking Valley Manufacturing Company, of which
he was elected president. Resigning this position in 1871, he re-
turned to Tiffin, whence he removed in the spring of 1872 to Toledo,
Ohio, where he engaged in the manufacture of brass goods and dealt
in machinists' tools and supplies under the firm name of Jona Smith
Company. He also acted as agent for the Sturtevant blowers, and
continued to do so under the above name, in 1876 as Barnes & Doo-
little, and then as A. T. Barnes & Company, Agents, until the spring
of 1879, when he came to Jamaica Plain, Mass., in the employ of
B. F. Sturtevant, as manager of the selling department of his firm. On
the death of Mr. Sturtevant in 1891 the works were incorporated as
a stock company, and Mr. Barnes's position was that of special
constructing, designing, and consulting engineer, with title of con-
structing engineer. For twelve years he designed the blowers and
superintended the work of installing them on nearly all the Govern-
ment ships that were built in the United States east of the Mississippi
River, the famous battleship Maine being one of them. He also
made the plans and superintended the heating and ventilating, by
the blower system, of the American Line steamships St. Louis and
St. Paul, the first large steamers to use this system.

Mr. Barnes served in the Civil War in the Ohio Volunteer Militia,
acting as adjutant with the rank of lieutenant. He was a Mason
and a Knight Templar, a member of the American Society of Me-
chanical Engineers, and Secretary of the Society of Naval Architects
and Marine Engineers. In religious affiliations he was a staunch
Congregationalist.

He married first, at Canton, Ohio, 5 September 1856, Mary Mar-
garet Hass, who died 18 October 1873; and secondly, at Lancaster,
Ohio, 17 November 1874, Emma Celia Mewhorter, who died in May
1882. His surviving children by his first wife are Mrs. Anna A. Van
Loo, Clara A., wife of George W. Davis, Mrs. Mary A. Poller, and
Mrs. Nellie B. Moulton; and by his second wife Mrs. Mabel 0.
Pettee and Charles 0. Barnes.

Charles Field Haseltine of Philadelphia, Pa., a resident mem-
ber since 1897, was born in Philadelphia 29 July 1840, the son of John

MEMOIRS XXXIX

and Elizabeth Stanley (Shinn) Haseltine, and died in Philadelphia
5 December 1915. He traced his descent from Robert 1 Haseltine
of Rowley and Bradford, Mass., through Abraham, 2 Richard, 3 John, 4
James, 5 and John, 6 his father.

He was educated at private schools in Philadelphia, and was for
two years a student in the University of Pennsylvania. After
leaving the University he began his business career as a clerk in the
Philadelphia branch house of J. G. Howe & Company, was later with
George F. Jones, and afterwards went into the dry goods commission
business by himself, under his own name. He later became a member
of the firms of Haseltine & McCape and John H. Williams & Com-
pany; but about 1868 he entered into the business of dealer in works
of art, his occupation for the rest of his life. In 1887 he erected the
Haseltine Galleries at 1416 and 1418 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia,
the finest art galleries devoted to private purposes in the world. The
building and its contents were destroyed by fire on 2 February 1896,
and over one thousand paintings, thirty thousand fine engravings
and etchings, several pieces of statuary, and a large number of other
objects of art and books on art were destroyed, entailing a loss of over
$400,000, above insurance. He continued, however, until his death
to be an importer and dealer in works of art.

At the breaking out of the Civil War an advertisement was in-
serted by him in the daily press, calling a meeting to form an artillery
company. He was elected first lieutenant of the company, which
received the name of the Keystone Battery. Owing to enforced
absence from the city on account of business, he resigned this office;
but in 1862, previous to the Battle of Antietam, when the Confeder-
ates were invading the North and the emergency seemed to be great,
he formed another battery of heavy artillery and was elected to the
same office that he had held in the former company. The com-
pany was sent on to Harrisburg, Pa., on its way to the front, but
a week later, after the Union victory, it was sent home and was
disbanded.

Mr. Haseltine held numerous positions of responsibility and honor,
among which were those of trustee of the Presbyterian Church for
about thirty-six years, elder in the same church for about thirty-two
years, trustee of the Presbyterian Hospital for about fifteen years,
director of the School of Design for Women for twenty years, and
member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, of the Genealogical
Society of Pennsylvania, of the Topsfield (Mass.) Historical Society,
of the Skittle Club, of which he was at one time president, of the New
England Society of Philadelphia, and of the Pennsylvania Horticul-
tural Society in Philadelphia.

In 1897 he was engaged in preparing for publication works on
the descendants of Robert Haseltine in all lines, male and female, the
descendants of John Haseltine in all lines, the Carleton family, the
Day family of Essex County, Mass., and the descendants of Pierre
Chevalier of Philadelphia.

He married, 16 September 1863, Elizabeth Holmes Patterson, who,
with one daughter, Mrs. Abram Sharpless Valentine, survives him.

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Francis McGee Thompson of Greenfield, Mass., a resident
member since 1904, was born at Colrain, Mass., 16 October 1833,
the son of John and Elvira (Adams) Thompson, and died at Green-
field 1 January 1916.

He was third in descent from Joseph 1 Thompson, who was born at
or near Coleraine, Ireland, in 1720, married, in 1749, Jeanette Mc-
Clellan, daughter of Michael and Margaret (Henry) McClellan, and
emigrated to New England with his wife and his wife's parents.
They resided at Worcester, Mass., and afterwards at Pelham, Mass.,
and, together with John and Hugh Henry, relatives of Joseph Thomp-
son's wife, were early settlers of Boston Township No. 2, alias Col-
rain. Joseph Thompson served in the Colonial and Revolutionary
Wars, and died at Colrain 9 April 1803, aged 83. His widow, Jean-
ette (McClellan) Thompson, died there 10 May 1813, aged 83. Of
their six sons and five daughters, Hugh 2 Thompson, born 13 September
"1763, : married Jean Miller, daughter of Robert and Margaret (Henry)
Miller, Margaret Henry being a sister of the John and Hugh Henry
mentioned above. Hugh Thompson died at Colrain 13 February
1843, aged 79, and Jean, his wife, died 18 November 1829, aged 65.
Their son, John, 3 who was born at Colrain 3 January 1789 and died
at Greenfield 21 September 1850, the eldest child of a family of seven
sons and one daughter, married, 1 June 1815, Elvira Adams, born at
Colrain 13 April 1796, died 29 October 1880, daughter of Capt.
Edward and Sally (Webber) Adams and seventh in descent from
Henry 1 Adams of Braintree,Mass. They removed from Colrain to
Greenfield in 1843. They had four sons and four daughters, Francis
McGee 4 Thompson being their seventh child and youngest son.

He was educated in the common schools of Colrain and at Williston
Seminary in Easthampton, Mass. After leaving school he taught in
Deerfield, Mass., was afterwards a bookkeeper in a manufacturing
establishment, and then was in a banking house in Cincinnati, Ohio,
and later in New York City, where he was also commissioner of
emigration for Montana. An early settler in Montana in 1862,
before its organization as a Territory, he was a member of its first
legislature and designed the seal which is now the great seal of that
State of the Union. His original drawing for this seal is preserved
by the Montana Historical Society, which he helped to organize.
Returning to Greenfield, the home of his boyhood and youth, he was
chosen successively to most of its town offices, and was in 1870
elected register of probate and insolvency for Franklin County. By
successive elections he held that position until his appointment in
1899 as judge of the Court of Probate and Insolvency, and at his
resignation in 1914 he had been connected with the Court for more
than forty-three years. In 1876 he had been admitted to the Massa-
chusetts bar. He was a commissioner to administer oaths to civil
officers, and was for one term a trial justice, but declined reappoint-
ment to the latter office. He established the business of the In-
terstate Mortgage Trust Company, and was an officer in many
corporations and societies.

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Many of Judge Thompson's historical writings were published in
the History and Proceedings of the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Asso-
ciation. He wrote a book entitled "Guide to the New Gold Mines
about the Headwaters of the Missouri River," St. Louis, 1863; but
his chief monument, other than his conspicuous service as a public
officer and the universal respect and affection with which he is re-
membered, is his "History of Greenfield," in two volumes, published
in 1904. This great labor of love he dedicated "To Greenfield, —
who adopted me as a lad, welcomed me home from the Rockies,
honored me by making me her servant, and, that I might forever be
her debtor, gave to me my wife."

He married at Greenfield, 25 October 1865, Mary Nims, daughter
of Lucius and Susan C. (Amadon) Nims. She died in February 1915,
their married fife having extended over nearly fifty years. Their
son, Francis Nims Thompson, born 26 August 1872, succeeded the
father in 1899 as register of probate for Franklin County and in
1914, as judge of probate.

Brave and useful to the end, Judge Thompson, on New Years' Day,
1916, sent to his old friends bright, cheerful, and witty greetings;
and, as the daylight faded, his life came to an end.

Esek Steere Ballord of Davenport, Iowa, a resident member
since 1904, was born at Bloomfield, Conn., 26 July 1830, the son of
Rev. John Bates and Augusta Maria (Gilman) Ballord, and died at
Kenilworth, Ill.j 5 January 1916. He was a descendant of William 1
Ballord or Ballard of Lynn, Mass., through Nathaniel, 2 William, 3
Zaccheus, 4 Lynde, 5 and Rev. John Bates, 6 his father.

He was educated at Bacon Academy, Colchester, Conn., and
received his preliminary training as a druggist at Hartford, Conn.
For two years he was an apothecary for a charitable institution in
New York City, and then for a while was a druggist at Cleveland,
Ohio. In 1857 he settled at Davenport, Iowa, where for forty-five
years he carried on his business on the same spot, first in connection
with the firm of Taylor & Ballord and later under the name of E. S.
Ballord & Company. For several years he was president and director
of the Davenport National Bank.

From boyhood Mr. Ballord had been a close observer and lover of
nature, and was well-versed in forestry; and on retiring from business
in 1903 he devoted much of his time to horticulture on his large
estate at Davenport. He was also much interested in genealogy,
and compiled a little book entitled "Some of the Descendants of
Zaccheus Ballord."

He was a charter member of the Society of the Sons of the Revolu-
tion in Iowa and also of the Society of Colonial Wars in Missouri and
in Iowa. He was also one of the founders of the Order of Runnemede.
He was a Mason, a member of the Davenport Academy of Science, a
trustee of the C. C. Cook Home for the Friendless, and a life member
of the American Sunday School Union. He belonged to the Calvary
Baptist Church of Davenport.

He married, 4 September 1862, Frances Aurilla Webb, daughter
of Zerah and Orinda (Moore) Webb, who survives him, together with

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three daughters and two sons: Katharine Augusta, who married
Leon M. Allen of Kenilworth, 111., Elizabeth Webb Ballord of Chicago,
111., Belle, who married Jennis Brock Richardson of Davenport,
Iowa, John Gilman Ballord of Minneapolis, Minn., and Webb Rysse
Ballord, a naval architect.

Brig.-Gen. Franklin George Btjtterfield, A.M., of Derby
Line, Vt., a resident member since 1912, was born at Rockingham,
Vt., 11 May 1842, the son of David and Elmira Ward (Randall)
Butterfield, and died at Derby Line 6 January 1916. His great-
grandfather, William Butterfield, born about 1695, was a minuteman
at Lexington in 1775, and his grandfather, also named William,
fought at Bunker Hill.

He was prepared for college at the academy at Saxton's River, Vt.,
and for two years was a student in the Class of 1863 at Middlebury
College; but he left college in 1862 to enter the Union Army as a
private in Company A, Sixth Vermont Volunteers. He was pro-
moted successively to the rank of second lieutenant, first lieutenant,
captain, and lieutenant-colonel, and was in command of a regiment
when he was only twenty-two years old. For a while he served on
the staff of Brig.-Gen. Lewis A. Grant. When first lieutenant, in
1863, he received for his bravery the Medal of Honor.

At the close of the War he entered general mercantile business at
Saxton's River, but his place of business was burned out in 1877.
He then studied law for three years. In 1878-1880 he was judge-
advocate-general of Vermont, with the rank of brigadier-general.
In 1880 he was supervisor for Vermont of the Tenth Census of the
United States. From 1SS0 until 1892 he served as a chief of division
in the Department of the Interior, at Washington, D. C. In 1892
he returned to his native State and went into business at Derby Line
with his brother, Col. Frederick Butterfield, as a manufacturer of
machinists' tools, becoming vice-president and manager of the
Butterfield Company.

In pohtics General Butterfield was a Republican, and was elected
to the Vermont House of Representatives in 1898 and to the Vermont
Senate in 1910. His religious affiliations were with the Congrega-
tionalists.

He was an officer in various manufacturing, commercial, and edu-
cational institutions, a Mason of the thirty-second degree, and a
member of the Grand Army of the Republic, the Military Order of
the Loyal Legion, the District of Columbia Society of the Sons of the
American Revolution, the University Club of Washington, D. C,
and the Home Club of Derby Line, Vt, In 1880 Middlebury College
conferred on him the degree of A.M., "in recognition of his courage
and bravery as a soldier and his honorable career as a citizen of
Vermont."

General Butterfield was one of the best-known men in Vermont,
and he was held in the highest esteem by reason of his upright char-
acter and the service which he had rendered to his home community,
his State, and the Nation. "He was one whose heart was ever
responsive to the needs of his fellows, and who gave with generous

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large sympathy of the means at his disposal, and with his giving gave
himself to help forward every good cause."

He married, 1 June 1866, Maria Smith Frost of Saxton's River,
daughter of Benjamin and Phebe Ann (Smith) Frost, who survives
him, together with a son, Benjamin Frost Butterfield, and a daughter,
Esther Elmira Butterfield.

Archibald Murray Howe, A.M., LL.B., of Cambridge, Mass.,
a resident member since 1890, was born at Northampton, Mass.,
20 May 1848, the son of James Murray and Harriet Butler (Clarke)
Howe, and died at Cambridge 6 January 1916. He was fifth in
descent from Moses Howe of Rutland, Mass., through Samuel,
Estes, Samuel, and James Murray, his father.

He was educated in private schools at Brookline, Mass., was
graduated at Harvard College in the Class of 1869, receiving later the
degree of A.M. from Harvard, and obtained the degree of LL.B. at
the Harvard Law School in 1871.

He was admitted to the bar in 1871. In 1873-1875 he was secre-
tary to Hon. Henry L. Pierce, M.C., at Washington, D. C. In
1876-77 he was a member of the Cambridge Common Council. In
1884 he was a member of the Executive Committee of the Massa-
chusetts Independents, and supported Cleveland for the Presidency.
In 1891 he represented the First Middlesex District in the Massa-
chusetts General Court. In 1900 he was no min ated for Vice-Presi-
dent of the United States by a convention of Independents who met
in New York City and called their party the National Party. The
leading plank of their platform expressed opposition to the holding
of foreign peoples as colonial dependents by the United States.
Senator Caffrey of Louisiana was nominated for President by this
anti-imperialist party, but he declined to accept the nomination, and
Mr. Howe then withdrew his name as a candidate for Vice-President.
For many years Mr. Howe had a law office in Boston. In religious
matters he was a Unitarian, and in 1894 he was a director of the
American Unitarian Association.

He married at Cambridge, 4 June 1881, Arria Sargent Dixwell,
who survives him, daughter of Epes Sargent and Mary I. (Bowditch)
Dixwell of Cambridge.

Rev. William Spooner Smith, B.A., of Auburndale, Mass., a
resident member since 1881, was born at Leverett, Mass., 10 July
1821, the son of Paul and Sally (Graves) Smith, and died at Auburn-
dale 11 January 1916. He traced his descent from Lieut. Samuel 1
Smith of Hadley, Mass., through Chileab, 2 Samuel, 3 Samuel, 4 Moses, 5
Jonathan, 6 and Paul, 7 his father.

He was prepared for college at Amherst Academy, and was gradu-
ated at Amherst College in 1848 and at the Union Theological
Seminary in New York City in 1852.

He preached for a while at Bethany, Pa., and in April 1854 was
settled over the Union Congregational Church in New York City,
remaining there until 1856. He then preached for eighteen months
in Stratham, N. H., and was afterwards settled as pastor over the

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First Congregational Church of Guilford, Conn., his pastorate there
extending from 1859 to 1865. Ill health prevented hi™ from accept-
ing another charge, and he resided in Granville, Mass., from 1865 to
1872, when he removed to Auburndale. In 1900 he took up his
residence in Worcester, Mass., but returned to Auburndale in 1915.

Though without a pastorate, Mr. Smith was by no means inactive.
During his first years of residence at Auburndale he was a member of
the School Committee of Newton and was active in church and social
work. In 1908 he was sent as a delegate to the International Congre-
tional Council at Edinburgh, Scotland, and from there he was gradu-
ally led to continue his travels around the globe. He continued
remarkably active in mind and body almost to the time of his death.

Mr. Smith published "Travel Notes of an Octogenarian," in the
main a compilation from letters written by him during his tour of the
world in 1908-9. In the last year of his life a number of his sermons
preached at Guilford, Conn., were published under the title: "How
One Church went through a War." He published also an address
entitled "Sermon Reading," which he delivered without notes before
the Congregational Club of Boston.

He married first, 26 October 1853, Elinor Mary Ladd, who died
16 August 1896, daughter of Henry Ladd of Portsmouth, N. H.;
and secondly Mrs. Ellen M. (Grant) Gould, widow of Rev. George
Gould, D.D., of Worcester. She died in 1915. Three daughters
survive him: Ella B. Smith, Mrs. Dean A. Walker, and Mrs. Waldo
W. Cole.

Mks. Anna Buckham (Wright) Moore of New York City, a
resident member since 1913, was born in New York City 29 July
1859, the daughter of George Wellman and Georgianna (Buckham)
Wright, and died there 30 January 1916. She was a descendant of
Dea. Samuel 1 Wright of Springfield and Northampton, Mass., through
Samuel, 2 Eliezer, 3 Benoni, 4 Capt. Moses 5 of Rockingham, Vt., Dr.
Ebenezer 6 of Plainfield, N. H., John Stratton, 7 and George Wellman, 8
her father. On her mother's side she descended from some of the
prominent Dutch families of New York.

She was educated in Boston, New York City, and Paris, and was
a member of many patriotic-hereditary societies.

She was married, 23 June 1908, to Russell Wellman Moore, who
survives her.

William Henry Davison, A.M., of Pensacola, Fla., a resident
member since 1914, was born in Boston 24 October 1824, the son of
Andrew Cunningham and Nancy Thomas (Corbet) (Iverson) Davi-
son, and died at Pensacola 31 January 1916.

He was always deeply interested in genealogy, and spent much
time in tracing the career of the Davison family back to the old
Scotch Davison clan. He claimed descent from Malcolm Davison
of Dingwall, Scotland, through his son Nicholas and grandson Nicholas
(Nicholas 1 of the New England family) , who was born in 1611 and is re-
corded at Charlestown, Mass., in 1639, being one of the prominent men
of the town and agent for Governor Cradock. This second Nicholas

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had by his wife, Joanna Miller, among other children, a son, Daniel, 2
born 9 January 1650/1, who became a merchant at Newbury, Mass.,
where he married in 1673 Abigail Coffin. Their son Nicholas, 3 who
was born at Newbury in 1680, had a son Daniel, 4 who married Mar-
garet Ogelby in 1733 and had, among others, a son, Henry 5 of Boston,
who was born 12 August 1744 and died 7 March 1807. This Henry 5
married Mary Greenleaf, daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Cunning-
ham) Greenleaf, and their fourth child, Andrew Cunningham 6
Davison, who was born 5 June 1789 and died 27 January 1856, was
graduated at Harvard in 1815 and became a schoolmaster in Boston,
where he married, 16 May 1819, Mrs. Nancy Thomas (Corbet)
Iverson, widow of Capt. John Iverson. Their child, William Henry 7
Davison, at first called Benjamin Rice Davison, is the subject of this
sketch.

A touching proof of Mr. Davison's respect for his ancestors was his
interest in the hallowed spot where many of them lie buried, the old
Granary Burial Ground in Boston. About ten years ago, when in
Boston, he had his old family tomb there put in thorough order, and
the names of his forbears cut upon the outside, with the dates of
their births and deaths, and at the bottom of the list he, the last
survivor, cut his own name and birth date and then deposited with a
friend sufficient money to cut upon the tomb the date of his own
death. In fact, it was probably his veneration for old-time New
England that led him to join this Society at the advanced age of
ninety.

He was graduated at Harvard in 1845, and received the degree of
A.M. from his alma mater in 1851. He always took a keen interest
in the College, returning often for the Commencement exercises, and
at the time of his death he was almost the oldest living alumnus, there
being but one member of the Class of 1844 and two of his own class-
mates alive. Always a reader of the best literature of all ages, he
preserved to the last his love for the classics, which showed itself in
his conversation and his letters.

He was a civil engineer, a profession that is apt to take a man to
many different parts of the country; and therefore he early left New
England for the Southwest and about 1860 took up his residence in
Florida, and served for a time in the Engineer Corps of the Con-
federate Army. For a number of years he was city engineer of
Pensacola and county surveyor, and he laid out and constructed the
fine across the Tensas Swamp, from Tensas to Mobile, Ala. In re-
lating his experiences a few years ago he wrote:

" In 1871 I for the first time in the history of engineering made use of
No. 12 steel piano forte wire in measuring bridge spans, and it was such a
complete success that it spread at once over this country and in the old
world, and, I doubt not, was the cause of the use of steel wire in the deep
sea soundings of the exploring ship ' Challenger.' At the time I regarded
the discovery as merely an incident of my work, but you know how ideas
spread."

He married at Oakfield, near Pensacola, in the sixties, Mrs. Jeanie
Cameron (Anderson) Dow, daughter of Hon. Walker Anderson, a
judge of the Supreme Court of Florida, and widow of Warren Quincy

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Dow. Though he had no children of his own, his stepchildren and
grandchildren were as his own to him, and he passed a happy old age
in their company.

By Henry Winchester Cunningham, A.B., of Boston, Mass.

William Gardner Spear of Pembroke, Mass., a resident member
since 1896, was born at Weymouth, Mass., 26 October 1852, the son
of Lowell Quincy and Eleanor (Kennedy) Spear, and died at Framing-
ham, Mass., 31 January 1916. He traced his lineage from George 1
Spear of Braintree, Mass., through Samuel, 2 John, 3 Seth, 4 Lemuel, 5
and Lowell Quincy, 6 his father.

He was educated in the public schools of Weymouth and Quincy,
Mass., and in Brooklyn, N. Y.

He made his home at Quincy in the seventies, and lived there until
1903, when he moved to Pembroke, where he had bought an old
farm on North River. There he lived until a few weeks before his
death.

From 1875 to 1890 he was engaged in various enterprises that took
him over much of the eastern and southern parts of the United States.
In 1892-93 he interested Mr. Charles Francis Adams and others in
forming the Quincy Historical Society, a work which was accomplished
in the autumn of 1893. He became the librarian of the Society, a
position which he held until his removal to Pembroke. He superin-
tended the restoration of the old Adams House, which was given to
the Society by Mr. Adams and is now its headquarters.

Mr. Spear early evinced a deep interest in town and family history,
although he by no means co nfin ed his researches to those fields of
investigation. He devoted the last thirty years of his life to seek-
ing after truth along historical, genealogical, and antiquarian lines,
and he shared the knowledge thus gained with many who resorted to
him for information. An intimate friend speaks of him as a staunch
and loyal friend and as one whom all who really knew loved.

He married, in 1903, Annah Goodridge of Quincy, who survives
him.

Mrs. Lucy Ann (Lane) Norcross of Boston, made a life member
by vote of the Council and Society in 1912, was born on Poplar Street,
Boston, 13 October 1816, the daughter of George and Sarah Merritt
(Homer) Lane, and died at 9 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston,
13 February 1916, aged 99 years, 4 months. She traced her descent
from John 1 Lane through John Merrifield 2 Lane and her father,
George 3 Lane, and from John Homer through her mother as well as
through her father's mother, Mary (Homer) Lane, — all of Boston.

She was educated at Miss Hastings's school and the Bowdoin School.
She was a life member of the American Unitarian Association and of
the Bostonian Society, and a member of and a contributor to numer-
ous charitable and educational societies. By her will she left §100,000
in public bequests, after the termination of certain life estates.

She was married at 10 Allen Street, Boston, 9 December 1835, by
Rev. Samuel Barrett of the Twelfth Congregational Church (Uni-
tarian), to her cousin, Otis Norcross, son of Otis and Mary Cunning-

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ham (Homer) Norcross, a leading merchant of Boston, whose successor
in business is The Jones, McDuffee & Stratton Company. Mr.
Norcross was mayor of Boston in 1867, and was also a fife member
and a benefactor of the New England Historic Genealogical Society.
He died 5 September 1882, and a memoir of him was published in the
Register, vol. 37, pp. 208-209. Of Mrs. Norcross's eight children,
three survive her: Laura (Norcross) Marrs, widow of Kingsmill
Marrs, Otis Norcross, and Grenville Howland Norcross.

Lieut.-Col. Francis Snow Hesseltine, A.M., of Newtonville,
Mass., a resident member since 1910, was born at Bangor, Me.,
10 December 1833, the son of Peter Heald and Sarah Hamlin (Snow)
Hesseltine, and died at Newtonville 17 February 1916. He traced
his descent from Robert 1 Haseltine of Rowley and Bradford, Mass.,
through Abraham, 2 Jonathan, 3 Nathan, 4 Follansbee, 5 and Peter
Heald, 6 his* father. He was a descendant on his mother's side of
Nicholas Snow, who came to Plymouth in the Ann in 1623 and
married Constance Hopkins, who came over with her father, Stephen
Hopkins, in the Mayflower in 1620.

At the outbreak of the Civil War he was a student at Waterville
College (now Colby College), Waterville, Me., and enlisted in
April 1861, serving three years and four months. He aroused the
enthusiasm of the students, and, raising a company of volunteers,
was chosen captain of Company G, Third Maine Infantry (Col. Oliver
Otis Howard's regiment). He was in the First Battle of Bull Run
and received honorable mention for his services there. On recom-
mendation of General Howard he was promoted to be major and
afterwards lieutenant-colonel of the Thirteenth Maine Regiment,
and was sent to the Department of the Gulf. One of his most
remarkable achievements occurred 29 December 1863, at Matagorda
Bay, on the Texas coast, where, with one hundred men, he success-
fully repulsed and escaped from a brigade of Confederate cavalry.
For his bravery in this exploit Congress in 1865 awarded to Colonel
Hesseltine the Congressional Medal. From Waterville College he
received the degrees of A.B. (1863) and A.M. (1866), and was elected
to membership in the Phi Beta Kappa Society.

In 1865 he was admitted to the bar at Augusta, Me., and from 1865
to 1870 practised his profession in Savannah, Ga. In the latter year
he returned to the North and settled in Melrose, Mass., where he
continued to reside until a few months before his death. He had a
law office in Boston, and for many years was corporation counsel for
the city of Melrose. Occasionally he contributed stories to popular
magazines.

He married first, 2 October 1853, Carrie M. Curtis of Bucksport,
Me., who died 11 June 1856; secondly, at Waterville, 7 November
1861, Mrs. Rebecca Melinda (Stark) Crosby, a widow, who died at
Melrose in 1893; and thirdly, 21 February 1900, Caroline Georgie
McNutt, daughter of John Johnson and Margaret (Hall) McNutt,
who survives him, together with three children by his second wife:
Norman Francis, Gertrude Rebecca, and Marion Elizabeth. A child
by his first wife died in infancy.

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Alfred Addison Thomas, A.B., of Dayton, Ohio, a resident
member since 1914, was born at Hamilton, Ohio, 4 July 1845, the son
of Thomas Ebenezer and Lydia Smith (Fisher) Thomas, and died at
Dayton 3 March 1916. His grandfather, Thomas Thomas, was born
at Wem, Shropshire, England, in February 1776; and his father,
Thomas Ebenezer Thomas, was born at Chelmsford, co. Essex,
England, 22 December 1812, and married Lydia Smith Fisher, who
was born in Boston, Mass., in 1821, a descendant of Anthony 1 Fisher
and a daughter of Nathaniel 7 Fisher.

His preparation for college was carried on in the schools of Day-
ton; but after spending three years at the high school he entered the
Army in 1863, and served for nearly a year in a cavalry regiment.
He then studied for two years at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio,
going from there to Dartmouth College, where he was graduated in
1867.

After teaching for a year and a half in the Latin department of the
Central High School at Dayton, working on the staff of the Dayton
Journal, and at the same time reading law in the office of J. A. Jordan,
he was admitted to the bar in September 1869, and became a partner
of Mr. Jordan. When the latter was made a judge, he formed a
partnership with Samuel B. Smith.

He was a member of the school board of Dayton for two terms,
and was three times elected city solicitor. He was president of the
Southern Ohio Coal & Iron Company, 1875-1882, president of the
first electric railroad in or near Dayton, and general attorney for what
is now the Toledo, St. Louis & Western Railroad. In 1887 he re-
moved to Chicago, 111., and for about nine years was general solicitor
of the Central Union Telephone Company and the Chicago Telephone
Company. Returning to Dayton, he was at times general counsel of
the National Cash Register Company, and from 1902 to 1906 was
secretary of this corporation. At the be ginnin g of 1907 he entered
into partnership with Charles D. Bronson for the general practice of
law in Dayton, and remained in this firm until his death. He was
highly esteemed as a corporation lawyer, and was characterized as
"honorable and upright in all his dealings, . . . not only a good
lawyer but a fine business man."

He compiled and published two books, viz.: ''Correspondence
of Thomas Ebenezer Thomas, mainly relating to the Anti-Slavery
Conflict in Ohio, especially in the Presbyterian Church," in 1909, and
"Letters of Thomas E. Thomas to his Children and Others, mainly
about their Education; also Letters received by him," in 1913. He
wrote and printed many pamphlets, among them "Limitations on
the Power of the Ohio Constitutional Convention," "Interest and
Usury," "The Sioux Outbreak in Minnesota in 1862," "The War of
Secession as we see it now," "The Great Northwest," "Responsi-
bility of the Confederate Government for the Assassination of
Lincoln," "The High School's Place in Education," "Financial
Crises and Depressions," "The Unpopularity of Corporations: the
Causes and Remedy," "What shall we do with the Canal?", and
"Some Family Genealogies, being certain Data of the Forefathers,
written for his Son, Thomas Head Thomas: Part I, Fisher Ancestry;

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Part II, Head Ancestry." He also compiled for his son a brief
genealogy of his Thomas and Fisher ancestors.

He married, 1 January 1880, Jennie Lind Head of Dayton, daughter
of Orson Sherman and Mary J. (Treadwell) Head, who survives him,
together with three children: Thomas Head Thomas, widely known
as an author, whose home is now in Florence, Italy, Gertrude, wife
of Henry S. Mead of Dayton, and Felix, a well-known patent lawyer
of New York City.

Frederick Thayer Hunt, A.B., of East Weymouth, Mass., a
resident member since 1906, was born at Scituate, Mass., 11 Septem-
ber 1857, the son of Edmund S. and Annie Maria (Poole) Hunt, and
died at East Weymouth 8 March 1916. He traced his descent from
Enoch 1 Hunt of Weymouth, Mass., through Ephraim, 2 Ephraim, 3
Ebenezer, 4 Ebenezer, 5 Ebenezer, 6 Maj. Elias, 7 and Edmund S., 8 his
father.

He was educated in private schools at Weymouth, in the public
high school, and at Adams Academy, Quincy, Mass., and was gradu-
ated at Harvard College in 1882. He studied law in the office of Hon.
Charles T. Gallagher of Boston and at Boston University, and was
admitted to the Suffolk bar in 1885; but in 1889 he gave up the
practice of his profession and went into business with his father and
brother at Weymouth, under the firm name of Edmund S. Hunt &
Sons. The firm was engaged in the manufacture of fireworks, and
Mr. Hunt continued in that business until his death.

One of his great pleasures was the collecting of books and prints.
He was a member of the University Club of Boston, the Boston Art
Club, the Harvard Club of Boston, the Harvard Club of New York,
and the Whale Island Club of Weymouth.

He married, 2 February 1907, Bessie Bicknell French, daughter of
the late Peter W. French of East Weymouth, who survives him.

William Palmer Bolles, M.D., of Boston, a resident member
since 1911, was born at New London, Conn., 14 June 1845, the son of
William and Cornelia Congdon (Palmer) Bolles, and died in Boston
18 March 1916. He traced his descent from Joseph 1 Bolles, through
Thomas, 2 John, 3 Joshua, 4 Hezekiah, 5 and William, 6 his father.

He was educated in the public schools (including the high school)
in New London, by his father, and at the Harvard Medical School,
where he was graduated in 1871.

He was house officer in the Boston City Hospital, 1870-71, and
practised medicine in Boston from 1872 until the time of his death.
He was visiting surgeon at the Boston City Hospital, 1885-1908, and
afterwards consulting surgeon there, and at one time was professor
of materia medica in the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and
instructor in materia medica in the Harvard Medical School. He
was a member of many medical societies in Boston, and was the author
of books on surgery.

He married, 12 June 1882, Martha Barrett Sumner of Boston, who
survives him, daughter of William Russell and Anna Alleyne (Chick-
ering) Sumner. His son died in boyhood.

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John McAllister Stevenson of Pittsfield, Mass., a resident
member since 1910, was born at Cambridge, N. Y., 31 August 1846,
the son of John M. and Seraph Huldah (Newton) Stevenson, and
died at Asheville, N. C, 20 March 1916. His grandfather, William
Stevenson, a native of Stranraer, Scotland, came to the United States
in 1795 and settled at Cambridge, N. Y., where he became a leading
merchant. He was thrice married, his second wife being Frances
Wardale McAllister, daughter of John McAllister, a well-known
merchant of Philadelphia, Pa. John McAllister Stevenson's mother
was a descendant of John Howland of the Mayflower, and several of
his ancestors were soldiers in the Revolutionary War.

He was educated in the public schools of Cambridge, Washington
Academy in Cambridge, and the Walnut Hill School at Geneva, N. Y.,
and was graduated at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., in 1865.
He then entered Yale College, but remained there only two years, his
health preventing him from taking the full four years' course. He
was then with his father at Cambridge and in New York City until
September 1872, when he went to Pittsfield, Mass., and took a posi-
tion in the office of David W. Bartlett, general agent for the Phoenix
Mutual Life Insurance Company of Hartford, Conn. After that he
occupied various positions until April 1877, when he entered into
partnership with George D. Dutton in the insurance business. Mr.
Stevenson subsequently purchased his partner's interest and formed
the firm of J. M. Stevenson & Company. For a time he was engaged
in the business with Thomas N. Enright and later with his brother,
William C. Stevenson, and William C. Moulton, now members of the
firm of Stevenson & Company. In September 1879 Mr. Stevenson
was elected secretary and treasurer of the Berkshire Mutual Fire
Insurance Company, to the interests of which he devoted much of his
time, energy, and thought, thus enabling it to become one of the
strong institutions of western Massachusetts. In January 1912 he
declined reelection as secretary and was chosen vice-president of the
Company. He was active in the affairs of the Hampshire Mutual
Fire Insurance Company, becoming its president about four years
ago, and from 1883 to 1896 he served as clerk and treasurer of the
Pittsfield Board of Underwriters. He also took an active interest in
street railway matters.

He belonged to the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descend-
ants, to the Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, and to the Society of Sons of the American Revolu-
tion. He was connected with many social and charitable organiza-
tions in Berkshire County. From April 1881 to April 1906 he was
clerk of the First Congregational Parish of Pittsfield. His devotion
to the interests of the organizations of which he was secretary or clerk
is shown by the fact that he never missed a meeting at which his
presence was officially required.

Mr. Stevenson was always affiliated with the Republican Party
and was an ardent champion of its policies; but his only political
office was that of member of the General Court, to which he was twice
elected.

He married, 27 January 1880, Hattie Cooley of Pittsfield, who

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survives him, together with four children: John McAllister, Louis
Tillotson, and Holland Newton Stevenson, all graduates of Yale, and
Mrs. Clara C. Graves.

Cf. The Berkshire Evening Eagle, 21 March 1916.

Charles Chauncey, A.B., of Philadelphia, Pa., a resident member
since 1883, was born in Philadelphia 15 August 1838, the son of
Nathaniel and Elizabeth Sewall (Salisbury) Chauncey, and died in
Philadelphia 3 April 1916. He was a descendant of President
Charles 1 Chauncy of Harvard College through Nathaniel, 2 Nathaniel, 3
Elihu, 4 Charles, 5 and Nathaniel, 6 his father.

He was prepared for college in Boston by T. G. Bradford and John
Noble, and was graduated at Harvard in 1859.

He was commissioned as first lieutenant and adjutant of the
Second Pennsylvania Cavalry 8 November 1861, and as captain in
April 1862. In 1863 he was on the staff of General Stahel and later on
that of General Kilpatrick. He rejoined his regiment in July 1863,
was present at the Battle of Gettysburg, and took part in Sheridan's
raid to Gordonsville in 1864. On account of disability he resigned
from the service 6 September 1864.

He was a lawyer of note, was largely interested in the care of
estates, and was a director in several railroad companies. At one
time he was president of the Harvard Club of Philadelphia and a
member of the Society of Colonial Wars, and he was interested in
civil service reform, the Indian Eights Association, and many charities.

He married Agnes Conway Robinson of Philadelphia, who survives
him.

Mrs. Deborah Jane Spaulding (Pomeroy) Darling of Lincoln,
Mass., a resident member since 1910, was born at Southampton,
Mass., 3 April 1845, the daughter of David and Mary Ann (Pomeroy)
Pomeroy, and died at Lincoln 6 April 1916. She traced her descent
from Eltweed 1 Pomeroy of Dorchester, Mass., and Windsor, Conn.,
through Caleb, 2 Samuel, 3 Joshua, 4 Gideon, 5 and David, 6 her father,
and on her mother's side she was a descendant of the same Eltweed 1
Pomeroy through Caleb, 2 Eldad, 3 Elisha, 4 Isaac, 5 Isaac, 6 and Mary
Ann, 7 her mother.

She was educated at home, in the district school, at Sheldon Acad-
emy in Southampton, and at the high school in Easthampton, Mass.

She assisted in compiling genealogies of the descendants of Eltweed
Pomeroy, Denice Darling, and Lieut. James Torrey, who were among
the early settlers of Massachusetts.

She was married, 4 June 1872, to Horace Edward Darling, who
was born in Boston 31 December 1842 and died there 10 December
1901, son of Horace Bates and Mehitable Smith (Lord) Darling. Of
her three children, the first two died in infancy, but the third, Harriet
Lyman, was married, 12 October 1904, to Dr. Joseph Storer Hart of
Lincoln.

William Stanford Stevens, A.M., M.D., of Boston, a resident
member since 1886 and Corresponding Secretary of the Society for

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the years 1893 and 1894, was born in Boston 13 June 1859, the son
of Calvin, M.D., and Sophia Toppan (Crocker) Stevens, and died in
Boston 29 April 1916.

He was educated at the Dwight Grammar School, the Boston
Latin School, and Harvard University, receiving from Harvard the
degree of A.B. in 1880, M.D. in 1883, and A.M. in 1884.

In 1883 he began the practice of medicine in Boston; but in 1886
he withdrew from active practice, and thereafter gave much of his
time to the service of charitable and benevolent organizations and
to his extensive business interests. In 1888 and 1889 he was a mem-
ber of the Boston City Council, and in 1891 he sat as a Republican
in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. After his marriage
he removed to St. Albans, Vt., where he had a large farm. He
resided in St. Albans for several years, was a member of the Board of
Aldermen of that city, and from 1900 to 1903 was superintendent of
the St. Albans Hospital, devoting himself to the task of building up
this institution and putting it on a satisfactory basis. For two years
after 1903 he travelled extensively with his family in Europe and in
Egypt.

He was a member of many medical societies, and was a Mason and
a Knight Templar. Among the numerous organizations to which he
belonged were the Appalachian Mountain Club, the Boston Art Club,
the Union Club, the Twentieth Century Club, and the Harvard Club
of Boston.

He married at St. Albans, 11 December 1895, Emily Huntington
Lewis, daughter of Silas Huntington and Harriet (Safford) Lewis of
St. Albans, who, with two sons, Stanford Huntington and Philip
Greeley, survives him. His eldest son died in infancy.

James Longley of Boston, a life member since 1912, was born in
Boston 13 January 1840, the son of James and Sally (Eustis) Longley,
and died in Boston 9 May 1916. His father, a native of Boylston,
Mass., was proprietor of a coffeehouse that stood for many years on
the site now occupied by the Exchange Club in Boston. His grand-
father, James, was also a native of Boylston.

He attended the Chauncy Hall School, then went into a shoe store,
and in early life became a partner in the Robinson & Longley Shoe
Company on Hanover Street, Boston. His unusual sound judgment
led to his election to positions of great responsibility. He was presi-
dent of the Everett Mills, the Pepperell Manufacturing Company,
the York Manufacturing Company, and the Hamilton Manufacturing
Company, senior member of the Board of Trustees of the Franklin
Savings Bank, a director and vice-president of the Boston Safe
Deposit & Trust Company, and a director of the Union Trust
Company of Chicago, 111., and the Boston Storage Warehouse
Company.

Mr. Longley was deeply interested in schools where young men and
boys learn trades, as well as in many charities about Boston. He was
vice-president of the Home for Aged Men, treasurer of the Paul Pratt
Memorial Library at Cohasset, Mass., a member of the Boston Art
Club, the Algonquin Club, and the Bostonian Society, and a life

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member of the Boston Young Men's Christian Union. He was a
Unitarian, and attended Dr. Edward Everett Hale's church.

He married Julia Robinson, who survives him, daughter of his
former partner in the boot and shoe business.

Elihu Chauncey, A.M., of New York City, a life member since
1885, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., 17 August 1840, the son of
Nathaniel and Elizabeth Sewall (Salisbury) Chauncey, and died in
New York City 16 May 1916. He traced his lineage from President
Charles 1 Chauncy of Harvard College through Nathaniel, 2 Nathaniel, 3
Elihu, 4 Charles, 5 and Nathaniel, 6 his father, and he was a brother of
Charles Chauncey of Philadelphia, a memoir of whom may be found
above, on page li.

From 1850 to 1856 he was educated in Philadelphia and at private
schools in New Canaan, Conn., and Newton, Mass., and then, enter-
ing Harvard College, he was graduated in the Class of 1861, receiving
the degree of A.M. in course in 1864. During the year following his
graduation he attended lectures on chemistry, physics, etc., at the
Polytechnic College, Philadelphia. From October 1862 until Decem-
ber 1863 he was in the office of Richard Jones, shipper of coal, Phila-
delphia. In January 1864 he was elected secretary and treasurer of
the Pottsville Mining and Manufacturing Company. He also held
the position of director in the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac
Railroad Company and in the Baltimore Steam Packet Company.

In 1879 he removed to New York City, where he became actively
interested in various religious and philanthropic organizations. He
served as treasurer of the House of Mercy, as secretary and financial
agent for the Fund for the Relief of Widows and Orphans of Deceased
Clergymen, and of Aged, Infirm and Disabled Clergymen, and as a
vestryman of Trinity Church. For twenty-five years (up to his
resignation in 1913) he was treasurer of the General Theological
Seminary in New York. He was also a member of the Board of
Managers of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, and from
June 1886 until his death was a trustee of the New York Protestant
Episcopal Public School.

He married in New York City, 14 November 1871, Mary Jane
Potter, daughter of Right Rev. Horatio Potter, D.D., Protestant
Episcopal Bishop of New York, who with one daughter, Nathalie
Elisabeth, the wife of Seth Low Pierrepont, survives him.

Arthur Presbret Fowler of Brookline, Mass., a resident member
since 1909, was born in Boston 12 April 1862, the son of Edmund and
Hannah (Allen) Fowler, and died in Boston 26 May 1916.

He was educated in the public schools of Boston and at the Roxbury
Latin School, and nearly his whole life was spent in Boston. For
many years he was in the wholesale leather business, and won the
confidence of all with whom he was brought into contact. "His
tastes were refined and simple, and in the pursuit of his favorite recre-
ation and study, the genealogy of the various branches of his family,
he spent for many years the leisure hours from a busy life in patient,
painstaking research, which displayed rare qualities of persistence

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and accuracy, and great skill and ability in this particular line. The
result of his work was the accumulation of a large amount of valuable
information on his subject, reliable and well arranged, and much of
it new."
He married, in 1903, Elmira A. Palmeter, who survives him.

Chables Bailey Gookin of Boston, elected to resident member-
ship in 1879 and made a life member in 1908, was born in Boston
26 September 1847, the son of Samuel H. and Martha (Ball) Gookin,
and died at Tisbury, Mass., 16 June 1916. He was a descendant of
Maj.-Gen. Daniel Gookin, who after spending several years in Vir-
ginia came to Massachusetts in 1644 and settled in Cambridge.

He attended the Chauncy Hall School in Boston and the United
States Naval Academy, but left the Academy before completing the
course there. He then prepared for Harvard College, but instead of
going to college he entered the dry goods commission house of Froth-
ingham & Company, and later associated himself with the firm of
Joy, Langdon & Company, in which he was a partner for many
years. In 1909 ill health compelled him to retire from active work,
after he had spent nearly forty years in the dry goods commission
business.

He made his home in Boston, and had a summer residence at
West Chop, in the town of Tisbury, on the island of Martha's Vine-
yard. He was a member of the Algonquin Club of Boston and of
the Country Club.

He married, 29 December 1874, Marie T. Blodgett, daughter of
Charles F. and Caroline T. Blodgett of Providence, R. I., who
survives him, together with two children: Marie, and Dorothy
Quincy, now Mrs. Effingham Lawrence of New York City.

Frank Herbert Damon of Scituate, Mass., a resident member
since 1912, was born at South Scituate, Mass., 10 June 1854, the son
of Charles Henry and Rosilla North (Bennett) Damon, and died at
Stoneham, Mass., 19 June 1916. He traced his descent from John 1
Damon, an early settler at Scituate, through Zachary, 2 Zachary, 3
Zachary, 4 Galen, 5 Galen, 6 and Charles Henry, 7 his father.

He was educated in public and private schools in Scituate, and
came to Boston at the age of thirteen. For forty-four years he
served the same financial interests, acting as treasurer and trustee,
and for many years he was assistant treasurer of the Boston Museum
of Fine Arts. Until 1915 he resided in Melrose, Mass., spending his
summers in Scituate, but he intended to reside permanently in
Scituate and built a house there.

He was a charter member of the Amphion Club of Melrose, and a
member of various Masonic organizations and of the Society of

Colonial Wars.

He married, 7 September 1880, Jessie Fremont Jones, daughter
of Charles C. and Hannah Lincoln Jones, who survives him, with two
children: Arthur Herbert Damon, A.B. (Harvard, 1904), LL.B.
(Harvard, 1907), a lawyer of Boston, and Gladys Louise Damon.

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Addison Lyman Day, B.S., of St. Louis, Mo., a resident member
since 1910, was born at Springfield, Mass., 29 April 1849, the son of
Addison and Margaret (Smith) Day, and died in St. Louis 25 June
1916. He was a descendant of Robert 1 Day of Hartford, Conn.,
through John, 2 John, 3 Abraham, 4 Ezra, 5 Plin, 6 and Addison, 7 his
father.

He was educated in Springfield, Mass., Davenport, Iowa, and at
the Jefferson County Institute, Watertown, N. Y., and was prepared
for college at the Lowville Academy, Lowville, N. Y. He was
graduated at Dartmouth College in 1870, receiving the degree of B.S.

After graduation he followed for two years the vocation of civil
engineer, and then entered the railway business, becoming superin-
tendent's clerk on the St. Louis & Iron Mountain Railroad and, later,
assistant superintendent of the Utica & Black River Railroad. He
then engaged in business in Utica, N. Y., and afterwards was con-
nected with the Union Pacific Railroad and was stationed at Atchison,
Kans. Then he became associated with the Hoyt Metal Company
of St. Louis, and, with the exception of about three years, continued
with this company for more than thirty years, holding various
positions of responsibility.

He was connected first with the Congregational and later with the
Presbyterian Church, and was a member of various Masonic bodies.

He married first, 12 March 1872, Carrie Emma Dewey of Hanover,
N. H., daughter of Gardner Watson and Marcia Ann (Clark) Dewey;
and secondly, 14 September 1886, Mrs. Maude Emma (Gardner)
Cunningham of New York City. Of his three children by his first
wife, two died young. He had no children by bis second wife.

Mrs. Marguerite Levering (Woods) Ayer of Winchester, Mass.,
a resident member since 1914, was born at Cambridge, Mass., 12 May
1881, the daughter of Charles Rowell and Sophie Levering (Mattis)
Woods, and died at Winchester 28 June 1916.

She was educated at Arthur Gilman's school in Cambridge from
1888 to 1893, at Sister Elisabeth's school in Florence, Italy, in 1893,
at the Walnut Hill School, Natick, Mass., 1894-1897, and at the
Gilman School in Cambridge, 1898-1901. She also studied music in
Florence and under Mr. Warren Andrew Locke in Cambridge.

Mrs. Ayer was prominent in the social and church life of Winchester,
being a member of and a worker in the Church of the Epiphany
(Protestant Episcopal). She was also prominent in the musical
circles of the town and was a member of the McDowell Club of Boston.

She was married, 8 June 1904, to William Pitt Frye Ayer, son of
Wells and Lizzie (DeWitt) Ayer, who, with one child, Robert Wells
Ayer, survives her.

Emory McClintock:, A.M., Ph.D., LL.D., of Bayhead, N. J., a
life member since 1905, was born at Carlisle, Pa., 19 September 1840,
the son of Rev. John, D.D., LL.D., and Caroline Augusta (Wakeman)
McClintock, and died at Bayhead 10 July 1916. He traced his
descent from Alexander McClintock of Trinta House, co. Donegal,
Ireland, born probably in co. Argyll, Scotland, who married Catherine

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Stenson, through John (son of Alexander) of Trinta House, co.
Donegal, born in 1649, who married Jenet Lowry, William (son of
John) of Cappagh, co. Tyrone, Ireland, physician, born at Trinta in
1696, who married Isabella Forster, James (son of William) of
Cappagh, physician, who married Margaret Lemon, John (son of
James) of Philadelphia, Pa., born at Cappagh in 1784, who married
Martha McMackin, and John (son of John), his father, born in Phila-
delphia 27 October 1814.

He was graduated at Columbia University, with the degree of A.B.,
in 1859, took the degree of A.M. in course at Columbia in 1862, and
received the honorary degree of Ph.D. from the University of Wis-
consin in 1884 and the degree of LL.D. from Columbia in 1885 and
from Yale in 1899.

In 1859-60 he was tutor in mathematics at Columbia University,
and from 1863 to 1866 he was United States consular agent at Brad-
ford, England. He then entered upon his life work as an actuary
for insurance companies, being connected in this capacity with the
Asbury Life Insurance Company of New York from 1867 to 1871 and
with the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company of Mil-
waukee from 1871 to 1889. From 1889 to 1911 he was actuary of
the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, and he was also
vice-president and trustee of this company from 1905 to 1911 and
consulting actuary and trustee from 1911 on. He was president of
the American Mathematical Society from 1890 to 1894, president of
the Actuarial Society of America from 1895 to 1897, honorary fellow
of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and fellow of the
Institute of Actuaries of London, England. He was a contributor
to mathematical journals and to the transactions of mathematical
societies.

He married at Trenton, N. J., 10 January 1890, Isabella Bishop
of Trenton, who survives him, daughter of Hon. James, M.C., and
Mary Faugeres (Ellis) Bishop.

Cf. Who's Who in America, 1914-1915. p. 1484.

Hon. Horace Davis, A.B., LL.D., of San Francisco, Cal., a life
member since 1883, was born at Worcester, Mass., 16 March 1831,
the son of Gov. John and Eliza (Bancroft) Davis, and died at San
Francisco 13 July 1916. He traced his lineage from Dolor 1 Davis
of Cambridge, Mass., through Samuel, 2 Simon, 3 Simon, 4 Isaac, 5 and
Gov. John, 6 his father; and his mother was a sister of George Ban-
croft, the historian.

He was graduated at Harvard University in 1849, and received
the degree of LL.D. from his alma mater in 1911. The same degree
was conferred upon him by the University of the Pacific in 1889 and
by the University of California in 1912.

After graduating he studied law, but in 1852 went to California
and became a manufacturer. His life was largely devoted to business
and to educational, patriotic, and religious enterprises. In 1864 he
was president of the San Francisco Mercantile Library, from 1867
to 1887 president of the Produce Exchange, and in 1883 president of
the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce. He was a representative

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from the San Francisco district in the Forty-Fifth and Forty-Sixth
Congresses, 1877-1881, a member of the Republican National Com-
mittee, 1880-1888, and a presidential elector in 1884. He was
president of the University of California from 1887 to 1890, a trustee
of the Leland Stanford, Jr., University, being the president of the
Board, president of the California School of Mechanic Arts, a corre-
sponding member of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and a
member of the American Antiquarian Society, the American Histori-
cal Association, and The Colonial Society of Massachusetts. At
one time he was president of the National Conference of Unitarian
Churches, and he was a vice-president of the American Unitarian
Association.

Among his published works may be mentioned a book entitled
"American Constitutions."

He married, 6 February 1874, Edith Sawyer King, who died in
1909, daughter of Rev. Thomas Starr King.

Cf. Who's Who in America, 1914-1915, p. 597.

Louis Augustus Woodbury, M.D., of Groveland, Mass., a resi-
dent member since 1895, was born at Salem, N. H., 1 October 1844,
the son of Washington and Dolly Head (Jones) Woodbury, and died
at Groveland 18 July 1916.

He was educated in the public schools of Concord, N. H., and in
1860 entered the employ of Edson C. Eastman, publisher, of Concord,
where he remained until November 1862. Then he enlisted in Com-
pany D, Sixteenth New Hampshire Volunteers, and served with
General Banks in Louisiana until August 1863, when his regiment
returned to Concord and he was mustered out. After following the
occupation of clerk for a few years he entered the office of Charles C.
Talbot, M.D., of Lawrence, Mass., as a student of medicine, and in
1870 matriculated at the Harvard Medical School, receiving the
degree of M.D. from Harvard in 1872. He settled at Groveland,
where he practised medicine until about five years ago, when failing
health compelled him to relinquish his large practice to others.

He was a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society, the New
Hampshire Association of Army Surgeons, the Haverhill (Mass.)
Medical Club, the Society of Sons of the American Revolution, the
Essex Institute, and the Grand Army of the Republic. He was a
Mason and a Knight Templar, and was a vestryman of Trinity
Church (Protestant Episcopal), Haverhill.

He contributed several papers to medical societies and did con-
siderable historical and genealogical work. Among his papers and
published works are the following: "A Contribution to the Early
History of Medicine in Haverhill, Mass.," "Inscriptions from the
Old Cemetery in Groveland," "Early Ministers of Bradford," and
"An Historical Sketch of Bradford in the Revolution."

He married first, at North Andover, Mass., 23 June 1869, Alice
Chester Stanwood, who died 28 May 1889; and secondly, at Ports-
mouth, N. H., 16 September 1890, Helen Ney Robinson, who survives
him.

Cf. Who's Who in New England, 1916, p. 1177.

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John Richardson of Newton, Mass., elected a resident member
3 May 1916, was born at Newton 22 October 1857, the son of John
and Charlotte Sullivan (Blood) Richardson, and died at Cohasset,
Mass., 30 July 1916. He traced his descent from Ezekiel 1 Richardson,
who was at Charlestown, Mass., in 1630, through Theophilus, 2
Ezekiel, 3 Theophilus, 4 Edward, 5 John, 6 John H., 7 John, 8 and John, 9
his father. He was also a descendant of John Howland of the May-
flower.

He was educated in the schools of Boston and at Vevey, Switzer-
land, and was by occupation a merchant.

He married, 24 October 1883, Louisa Morrow Cabot, who survives
him, together with three children: Louisa Cabot Richardson, John
Richardson, and Charlotte Blake Richardson.

Charles Sumner Dana, B.A., of Marietta, Ohio, a resident mem-
.ber since 1911, was born at Belpr6, Ohio, 15 November 1864, the son
of George and Lucy (Byington) Dana, and died at Marietta 1 August
1916. He traced his lineage from Richard 1 Dana of Cambridge,
Mass., through Benjamin, 2 William, 3 Capt. William, 4 a Revolutionary
soldier who settled at Belpr£, Ohio, George, 6 and George, 6 his father.

He was prepared for college at the Marietta Academy and was
graduated at Marietta College in 1886.

He was a manufacturer of paints and wood-finishing materials,
I and about twenty years ago organized the Marietta Paint and Color

Company, of which he was president until his death. Though a
most successful business man, he found time to pursue his favorite
studies in American history and Shaksperiana and to serve his college
as trustee and the schools of Marietta on their official boards. He
was a member of the Pioneer Society of Washington County, Ohio,
and also of the Ohio State Archaeological Society. As a Republican
he was active in Ohio politics, having been a member of the State
Senate, a chairman of county committees, and a delegate to district,
State, and National conventions many times. Among his writings
were a history of Belpre* and an essay on Alexander Hamilton.

He married, 2 January 1891, Mary Anderson Sayre, daughter of
Daniel Fawcett and Emily Anderson Sayre, who survives him,
together with one daughter, Frances Bancroft, who was married,
24 December 1915, to David Moore Russell, Jr., of Memphis, Tenn.

John Jacob Loud, A.M., of Weymouth, Mass., elected to resident
membership in 1867 and made a life member in 1874, was born at
Weymouth 2 November 1844, the son of John White and Sarah
Humphrey (Blanchard) Loud, and died at Weymouth 10 August
1916. He traced his descent from Francis 1 Loud of Ipswich, Mass.,
through Francis 2 of Weymouth, Jacob, 3 Jacob, 4 Jacob, 5 and John
White, 6 his father. He was also a descendant of Elder William
Brewster and John Alden of the Mayflower. His sister, Annie Frances
Loud of Brookline, Mass., is a well-known composer of sacred music.

He was prepared for college at the high school in Weymouth, and
was graduated from Harvard in 1866, receiving the degree of A.M.
from his alma mater in 1869. He afterwards studied law in the office

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of Jewell, Gaston & Field, and was admitted to the Massachusetts
bar in 1871; but, instead of following the profession of the law, he
devoted himself to banking, taking the position of cashier of the
Union National Bank of Weymouth, formerly held by his father,
in 1874 and retaining it for twenty-one years. He was also a trustee
of the Weymouth Savings Bank from 1875 to 1895 and its vice-
president from 1887 to 1895.

Much of his time was expended in generous service to his native
town, particularly as a musician, speaker, and genealogist. Not
only was he the conductor of the choir of the Union Religious Society
of Weymouth and Braintree for twenty years, from 1872 to 1892,
but he was also a composer of music, his compositions including many
patriotic songs and hymns, of which his hymn, "The Commonwealth
of Massachusetts," is the most famous. He was a speaker and
writer of no mean ability, especially in the lines of local history and
genealogy. He was one of the founders of the Weymouth Historical
Society, its vice-president from 1879 to 1885, and afterwards its
president. For twenty years he served as treasurer of the Union
Religious Society. In 1903 he was president of the Weymouth Old
Home Week Celebration. It was, therefore, well said of him by an
historian of his town that "for forty years he was associated with
every movement for the betterment of the town of his nativity, and
was a representative of the best type of citizenship to be found in
New England."

He was elected a member of the Maine Genealogical Society in
1889 and a corresponding member of the New Hampshire Genealogi-
cal Society in 1905.

He married at Braintree, Mass., 7 November 1872, Emily Keith
Vickery of Weymouth, who died in January 1911. Of their eight
children, six survive them: John Hermann of Brookline, a com-
poser of sacred music and organist of the Park Street Church,
Boston, Rev. Oliver Blanchard of Mittineague, Mass., Ralph White
of Cambridge, Mass., Martha Alice, Helen Frances, and Roger
Perkins.

Warken Fisher Gay, A.B., M.D., of Boston, a resident member
since 1905, was born at Swampscott, Mass., 24 July 1866, the son
of Dr. George Henry and Elizabeth Greenough (Lewis) Gay, and
died in Boston 26 August 1916. He traced his descent from John 1
Gay of Watertown and Dedham, Mass., through Nathaniel, 2 Lusher, 3
Lusher, 4 Lusher, 5 Willard, 6 George, 7 and George Henry, 8 his father.
A more extended account of his ancestors may be found in the
memoir of his brother, Frederick Lewis Gay, A.B., published in the
Register of April 1917.

He was educated at the Boston Latin School and at Harvard
University, and received from Harvard the degree of A.B. in 1890
and of M.D. in 1893.

Following in the footsteps of his maternal grandfather, Dr. Winslow
Lewis, and of his father, he chose surgery for his specialty. At
various times he was connected with the Massachusetts General
Hospital, the Woman's Charity Club Hospital, the Carney Hospital,

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St. Elizabeth Hospital, and the Boston Dispensary, and was an
instructor in surgery in the Tufts Medical School.

He was a member of various medical societies, was a Mason and
a Knight Templar, and was a member of the Massachusetts Society
of Mayflower Descendants and of the Society of Colonial Wars in the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He belonged to the University
Club of Boston, the Harvard Club of Boston, and the Harvard Club
of New York.

He married, 8 June 1904, Ellen Freeman Stickney, daughter of
Dr. Josiah Henry and Elizabeth Shannon (March) Stickney, who,
with an only son, George Henry, survives him.

Charles Wetter Bo wen of Providence, R. I., elected a resident
member 3 May 1916, was born at Providence 22 January 1851, the
son of Charles Wetter and Louisa Sampson (Martin) Bowen, and
/lied at Providence 15 September 1916.

He was president of the C. W. and R. M. Bowen Company, and
was a member and an officer of several societies.

He married, 6 June 1892, Alice Minetta LeValley, who died 16 De-
cember 1908, daughter of Henry Jenckes and Rebecca Josephine
(Sisson) LeValley. They had four children, Charles Wetter, Richard
Martin, Rebecca LeValley, and Edward Sampson, all of whom
survive their parents.

Frank Dempster Sherman, Ph.B., of New York City, elected a
resident member 5 April 1916, was born at Peekskill, N. Y., 6 May
1860, the son of John Dempster and Lucy (McFarland) Sherman,
and died in New York City 19 September 1916.

He traced his ancestry back to Thomas Sherman of Diss, co.
Norfolk, England, gentleman, who was born probably about 1420 and
died in 1492 or 1493. John Sherman of Diss, co. Norfolk, and Yaxley,
co. Suffolk, son of Thomas, was the father of Thomas of Yaxley, whose
son Henry was of Colchester, co. Essex. Henry's son Henry and the
latter's son Samuel were clothiers and lived at Dedham; and Philip,
son of Samuel, came to New England in 1633, settled first at Rox-
bury, Mass., and in 1638, being an adherent of Anne Hutchinson,
was banished, went to Rhode Island, and became one of the founders
of Portsmouth in that Colonj*. From this Philip 1 the line was con-
tinued, through Peleg, 2 Thomas, 3 Benjamin, 4 James, 5 and James, 6
to John Dempster, 7 father of the subject of this memoir. Frank
Dempster Sherman was also a descendant of Elder William Brewster
of the Mayflower.

He was educated at home by his parents, studied for a year at the
Peekskill Military Academy, and entered Columbia University in
the fall of 1880. He was a member of the first class in architecture
that was graduated at Columbia, and received there the degree of
Ph.B. in 1884. After a year devoted to graduate work in English
at Harvard University he was called back to Peekskill by his father's
ill health and was obliged to look after his father's business as a book
dealer. In 1887 he was appointed assistant in architecture at Co-
lumbia, in 1888 he was made instructor in architecture there, in 1891

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he was promoted to the post of adjunct professor of architecture,
and in 1904 he was appointed professor of graphics at Columbia,
holding this chair, which was established expressly for him, until
his death.

Professor Sherman early gained a wide reputation as a poet,
and among his published collections of verse may be mentioned
"Madrigals and Catches," 1887, "New Waggings of Old Tales,"
which appeared in 1887 and was written in collaboration with John
Kendrick Bangs, "Lyrics for a Lute," 1890, "Little Folk's Lyrics,"
1892-1897, and "Lyrics of Joy," 1904. In collaboration with
Clinton Scollard he was the author of "A Southern Flight," 1905.
In the field of pure mathematics he was regarded as a leader, and his
interest in genealogy led him to compile a voluminous work on the
Sherman family in America. In 1915 "The Ancestry of James
Morgan Sherman and his Descendants" was printed by him for
private distribution.

He was a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters and
of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.

He married at PeekskiU, N. Y., 16 November 1887, Juliet Mer-
sereau Durand, daughter of Rev. Cyrus Bervick and Sarah Elizabeth
(Mersereau) Durand, who, with one son, Dempster Durand Sher-
man, survives him.

Cf. New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, vol. 48, pp. 119-124 (April 1917),
for memoir of Frank Dempster Sherman, Ph.B., with portrait.

Melvtnt Eugene Rice of South Sudbury, Mass., a resident mem-
ber since 1894, was bom in Brookfield, Vt., 22 May 1847, the son of
Alphonso and Mary (Cardwell) Rice, and died at South Sudbury
21 September 1916. He traced his descent from Edmund 1 Rice of
Sudbury and Marlborough, Mass., through Thomas, 2 Elisha, 3 Zebu-
Ion, 4 Stephen, 5 and Alphonso, 6 his father.

Mr. Rice went to Minneapolis, Minn., at an early age, prepared
for college, and later taught school, but owing to overwork was
unable to continue his studies. He entered the employ of a dry
goods store in Minneapolis, where he remained a short time, and
then came to Boston, where he became a clerk in the store of Hogg,
Brown & Taylor. After gaining a thorough knowledge of the busi-
ness of that establishment he, with a partner, opened in 1872 a dry
goods store in Milford, Mass., where he remained eight years. This
first business venture was a success. In the fall of 1880 he went
to Chelsea, Mass., and, buying the stock of Woodward & Lathrop
at 222 Broadway, established with a friend the firm of Rice &
Miller. At the expiration of two years the name was changed to
M. E. Rice, Mr. Rice having bought his partner's interest. After
the great fire of 1908 he contemplated retiring from business; but
he finally decided that he owed something to the city and to those
who had so long been in his employ, and the business was continued.
His eyesight becoming impaired, he was unable to give much atten-
tion to business during the last seven years of his life, although he
came often to his store. He was one of the directors of the old Win-
nisimmet National Bank, and was a director of the Chelsea Trust

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Company and a trustee of the County Savings Bank at the time of
his death.

Some eight years before his death he bought an estate at South
Sudbury, which was from that time his home.

He married, 3 September 1872, Adele M. Jackson, who survives
him.

Frank Edson Shedd, B.S., of Dorchester, Mass., a life member
since 1890, was born at Sharon, N. H., 18 July 1856, the son of John
Brooks and Sarah Jane (Verder) Shedd, and died at Dorchester
22 September 1916. He traced his lineage from Daniel 1 Shed of
Braintree, Mass., through Daniel, 2 Daniel, 3 Daniel, 4 Reuben, 5 and
John Brooks, 6 his father.

He was educated in the common schools and high school at Sharon
and at the Conant High School at East Jaffrey, N. H., and was
. graduated with honors at the Chandler Scientific School of' Dart-
mouth College in 1880, receiving the degree of B.S. For a year after
graduation he taught school, and then became connected with the
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, being employed in chart-
ing the coast of Maine. About a year later he left the Government
service to take up the profession of civil engineer, in which he achieved
great success. In 1886 he was placed in charge of the erection of the
Washington Mills, at Lawrence, Mass., now owned by the American
Woolen Company, and in 1887 became a member of the staff of
Lockwood, Greene & Company, continuing with this firm until his
death. In January 1901, upon the incorporation of the firm, Mr.
Shedd became a director and vice-president. During his long associa-
tion with this firm he designed many important structures, among
them the new plant of the Plymouth Cordage Company at Welland,
Ontario, and the large print works of the Pacific Mills at Lawrence.
He also designed large dams in North and South Carolina and
Georgia and was considered one of the leading authorities in this
country on hydraulic developments.

Mr. Shedd was a member of the Society of Civil Engineers, the
Boston Society of Civil Engineers, and the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers. He belonged to various Masonic organiza-
tions, and was a member of the Second Congregational Church in
Dorchester. He gave much time to genealogical research, and was
the leading spirit in the Shedd Family Association, which recently
unveiled at Quincy, Mass., a monument' designed by him. He was
a member of the New Hampshire Historical Society, and at the time
of his death was a member of the Committee on the Library of the
New England Historic Genealogical Society, having begun his service
on this committee in 1915.

He married Anna Maud Tucker of Lowell, Mass, who, with one
son, Maurice Parker Shedd, survives him.

David Hubbard Nutting, M.D., of Randolph Centre, Vt., a life
member since 1910, was born at Randolph Centre, 17 May 1829, the
son of William, A.M., and Mary Barrett (Hubbard) Nutting, and
died there 5 October 1916. He traced his lineage from John 1 Nutting

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of Groton, Mass., who was killed by the Indians in King Philip's War,
through John, 2 Jonathan, 3 William, 4 William, 6 and William, 6 his
father. His grandfather William fought at Lexington and Bunker
Hill, and his father, born at Groton 30 October 1779, a graduate of
Dartmouth College in the Class of 1807 and a lawyer, was one of
the earliest settlers of Randolph, Vt., where he died 26 November
1863.

David Hubbard Nutting was prepared for college in the academy
of his native place, and later taught district schools in that vicinity.
In 1850 he entered Western Reserve College, where he began the
study of medicine. He received his degree in medicine from the
Philadelphia College of Medicine in 1853, and spent the following
year at hospitals and dispensaries in New York. Early in 1854 he
was appointed by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign
Missions a physician to the mission in eastern Turkey, and on 8
August of the same year sailed with his wife for Smyrna. After
eleven years of devoted service in Asiatic Turkey they enjoyed their
first and only furlough. Returning to Turkey in 1868, they were
connected with the mission in central Turkey until 1876, when they
were obliged to return to their native land, their health having been
greatly impaired by overwork and by their long residence in that
malarial land. They resided in Auburn, Mass., in 1876-77, then
removed to Chicopee Falls, Mass., where they remained six years,
and then took up their permanent abode in Randolph, Vt., in 1883.
Besides practising medicine, Dr. Nutting entered actively into the
life of the village and of the Congregational Church, of which he had
been a member for sixty-six years.

He married, 5 July 1854, Mary Elizabeth Nichols of Haverhill,
Mass., daughter of Nicholas and Mary Jewett (Barstow) Nichols,
who survives him, together with five children: Nellie H. Nutting of
Randolph Centre, Mrs. T. Edward Da vies of Canterbury, Conn.,
George Hale Nutting of Boston, Charles H. Nutting of Bridgeport,
Conn., and Frederick W. Nutting of Randolph Centre.

Thomas Earle White of Philadelphia, Pa., a resident member
since 1915, was born at Philadelphia 18 November 1857, the son of
Richard P. and Caroline (Earle) White, and died there 7 October
1916. His grandfather was Thomas White of Londonderry, Ireland,
and his father was a noted lawyer of Philadelphia. His mother was
the founder and for many years president of the Woman's Branch
of the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

He received his early education at Cardinal Newman's school,
Birmingham, England, was for a while a student in the academic
department of the University of Pennsylvania, and was enrolled in
the law department of the same institution in 1876-1878. He then
entered the law offices of Earle & White, established by his grand-
father, Thomas Earle, in 1825, and maintained by his father,
Richard P. White, and his uncle, George H. White, Sr. Shortly
after he was admitted to partnership the firm name was changed to
White, White & Taulane, Joseph P. Taulane being associated with
Richard P. and Thomas Earle White. At the time of his death he

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was the senior partner of the firm, and was one of the prominent
attorneys of Philadelphia.

He married first Martha Campion Stockton, daughter of John H.
Stockton; and secondly Harriet H. Brown of Brookline, Mass., who
survives him, together with two sons, Thomas Earle White, Jr., and
Errol White.

McDonald Ellis White, A.B., of Salem, Mass., a resident mem-
ber since 1913, was born in Boston 11 June 1863, the son of Dr. James
Clarke and Martha Anna (Ellis) White, and died at Etna, Me.,
12 October 1916. He traced his descent from William 1 White of
Londonderry, N. H., who came to New England from Londonderry,
Ireland, in 1725, through Col. Wilham 2 of Chester, N. H., a Revolu-
tionary officer, Robert 3 of Belfast, Me., James Patterson 4 of Belfast,
and James Clarke, 6 his father, who was born at Belfast 7 July 1833,
received the degree of A.B. from Harvard in 1853 and that of M.D.
from Harvard in 1856, and became a distinguished physician in
Boston, holding for over thirty years the professorship of dermatology
in the Harvard Medical School and retiring in 1902 with the title of
Professor Emeritus.

McDonald Ellis White entered Harvard College in 1881 from
the HopMnson School in Boston, and received the degree of A.B.
from Harvard in 1885. In May 1886 he entered the employ of the
wool commission house of Brown & Williams (later Alexander Wil-
liams, Jr., & Company) of Boston, and remained with that firm for
two years. In January 1889 he joined the force of Houghton,
Mifflin & Company, publishers, beginning work in the Riverside
Press and after two months being transferred to the educational
department of the firm in their Boston office. In 1901 he was
placed in charge of the retail department of the firm, and remained
with it until his death.

He was much interested in the First Corps Cadets, Massachusetts
Volunteer Militia, being a member of the Corps for ten years and in
April 1911 becoming secretary of the Veteran Association, Independ-
ent Corps Cadets. He was or had been a member of many other
organizations, among them the University Club, Harvard Club,
Union Club, Puritan Club, St. Botolph Club, Bostonian Society, and
Young Men's Christian Union — all of Boston, the Essex Institute,
and the Society of Sons of the American Revolution. After his
marriage he took up his residence in Salem, served on the School
Committee of that city for six years, and was vice-president of the
Salem Club. In the summer of 1S94 he made an extended tour in
Europe.

He married at Salem, 26 January 1895, Mrs. Elizabeth Frothing-
ham (Safford) Hobbs of Salem, daughter of James Osborne and
Nancy Maria (Potter) Safford, who survives him, together with two
children, Elizabeth Frothingham White and Osborne White. An-
other son died in infancy.

Franklin Fogg of Tacoma, Wash., a resident member since 1914,
was born at Stuart, Iowa, 10 August 1879, the son of Charles Sumner

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and Delia Iowa (Seydel) Fogg, and died at Washington, D. C,
18 October 1916. He was a descendant of Samuel 1 Fogg of Hampton,
N. H., through, Daniel, 2 James, 3 James, 4 Simon, 5 Simon, 6 and Charles
Sumner, 7 his father.

He was educated in the public schools of Stuart and Tacoma, and
for three years attended the Leland Stanford, Jr., University, but did
not receive a degree there. He engaged in the business of abstract-
ing land titles, and was the head of a land titles company.

He took an eager interest in the welfare of Tacoma, and was active
in the Tacoma Club and the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce. He
was also vice-president of the Northwest Business Men's Prepared-
ness League, and it was his firm belief in the necessity of military
and naval preparation on the part of the Nation that took him to
Washington, D. C, where he died.

He married, 8 August 1906, Alva Belle Kneeland, daughter of
William Henry and Delia Frye (Crommett) Kneeland, who survives
him, together with two young children, Gloria and Thomas.

Isaac Dimond Blodgett of Ashland, Mass., a resident member
since 1903, was born at Dorchester, N. H, 11 May 1828, the son of
Ebenezer and Sally (Cheever) Blodgett, and died at Ashland 19
October 1916. He traced his descent from Thomas 1 Blodgett of
Cambridge, Mass., who came to this country in 1635, through
Daniel, 2 Thomas, 3 Joseph, 4 Jeremiah, 5 Asahel, 6 and Ebenezer, 7 his
father.

He was educated in the common schools and for a few terms at the
academy at Fort Covington, Franklin Co., N. Y. When seventeen
years old he taught school in Groton, N. H. At the age of eighteen
he began mercantile life in a country store at Wentworth, N. H, and
for two years he was in dry goods stores at Rollinsford and Somers-
worth, N. H. In 1851 he came to Boston, where, after holding
clerkships for ten years, he engaged in business in 1861 on his own
account, and continued, with various changes of firm name, in the
wholesale dry goods business until the end of 1883. From 1884 until
1897 he was in business in New York City. While there he was a
member of the New York Chamber of Commerce, of the New Eng-
land Society, of the Republican Club, and of the Broadway Taber-
nacle Congregational Church, and he retained his membership in this
church to the time of his death. His liberality while in New York
was shown in his subscriptions to the Metropolitan Museum o£Art
and to other worthy objects.

On reaching his seventieth birthday he retired from business, and
made his home at Ashland in the s umm er and at Brookline, Mass.,
in the winter. He devoted much time to genealogical work, and one
result of his efforts in this direction was a book entitled "Asahel
Blodgett of Hudson and Dorchester, N. H., his American Ancestors
and his Descendants," published in Boston in 1906.

He married, 16 March 1855, Mary L. Wentworth, who died 1 April
1907. Two children, Harriet Marcia and Frederick Sweetser Blod-
gett, survive him.

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Col. Albert Cyrus Warren of Brookline, Mass., a resident
member since 1900, was born in St. Louis, Mo., 18 March 1852,
the son of Herbert Marshall and Eliza Caroline (Copp) Warren,
and died at Brookline 10 November 1916. He traced his descent
from Arthur 1 Warren of Weymouth, Mass., through Jacob, 2 Joseph,*
Joseph, 4 Joseph, 5 Jeduthan, 6 Jesse, 7 and Herbert Marshall, 8 his
father.

His education was obtained at the New Church School, Waltham,
Mass., the Union Hall Academy, Jamaica, L. I., the high school in
Newton, Mass., and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
where he was a student for two years.

After leaving the Institute in 1872 he entered the business of soap
making, in the employ of his father. In 1876 he was placed in charge
of the business, and after the death of his father, in 1880, carried it
on in his own name for a year, and then formed with two partners,
a,t Watertown, Mass., the Warren Soap Manufacturing Company,
with an office at 143 Federal Street, Boston. In 1890 the business
was incorporated under the same name, with Colonel Warren as
treasurer of the corporation. For the last sixteen years of his life
he was a director and secretary of the Warren Brothers Company.

For many years Colonel Warren was connected with the Massa-
chusetts Volunteer Militia, being a private in Company C and in
Company L, First Regiment, from 1870 to 1873, a private, corporal,
and sergeant in Company C, Fifth Regiment, from 1879 to 1882,
and, in the same regiment, quartermaster sergeant from 1883 to
1889, first lieutenant and paymaster from 1889 to 1900, and captain
and paymaster from 3 April 1900 to 15 May 1901, when he was
appointed captain and aide-de-camp on the staff of the Second
Brigade. He was retired a few years ago with the rank of colonel.

He was a member of the Society of Colonial Wars in the Common-
wealth of Massachusetts, the Society of Sons of the Revolution, the
Order of Founders and Patriots of America, the Old Guard of Massa-
chusetts, and the Claflin Guard Veteran Association. For many
years he resided in West Newton, Mass.

He married, 2 November 1876, Flora Elizabeth Day, who, with
two daughters, Mary Warren and Mrs. William E. Patrick of New
Bedford, Mass., survives him.

Ernest Lewis Gay, A.B., of Boston, a resident member since
1901, was born in Boston 14 December 1874, the son of Dr. George
Henry and Elizabeth Greenough (Lewis) Gay, and died on a railroad
train, between New Haven, Conn., and Boston, when returning from
the Harvard- Yale football game, 25 November 1916. He was
unmarried. He traced his descent from John 1 Gay of Watertown
and Dedham, Mass., through Nathaniel, 2 Lusher, 3 Lusher, 4 Lusher, 5
Willard, 6 George, 7 and George Henry, 8 his father. He was a brother
of the late Frederick Lewis Gay, A.B., and the late Warren Fisher
Gay, A.B., M.D., and a more extended account of his ancestors may
be found in the memoir of Frederick Lewis Gay, A.B., published in
the Register of April 1917.

He was educated at the Prince School in Boston, at private

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schools in Florence, Italy, and Dresden, Germany, at the Boston
Latin School, and at Harvard University, where he received the
degree of A.B. in 1897. For four months he studied law at the
Harvard Law School, and then was engaged in business until 1900.
He then took a two years' course of study at the State Library School
at Albany, N. Y., going from there to the Harvard College Library,
where he was employed from 1902 to 1904 chiefly in arranging,
classifying, and cataloguing the Moliere collection, presented to the
Library by Mr. J. H. Hyde. For the next four years he was engaged
in cataloguing and arranging various private libraries, filling also
temporarily the position of assistant librarian in the United States
Weather Bureau at Washington, D. C. In 1910 he was one of the
incorporators of the Society for the Preservation of New England
Antiquities, and was librarian of this organization until March 1915.
He was also the librarian of the University Club of Boston.

Being a grandson of Dr. Winslow Lewis, who in his day had a
library of 10,000 volumes, Mr. Gay inherited a fondness for books,
and, with a part of his grandfather's library as a nucleus, he gradually
built up a library of his own which in its special fields could hardly be
equalled. The writings of John Gay, the English poet and dramatist,
formed one of his specialties. He had every known edition of this
author, except a few variants of little significance. He contemplated
a bibliography of Gay's works, for the preparation of which no one
of his contemporaries was better equipped. His collection of New
England Primers was surpassed in quantity by only two other collec-
tions and included some of the most perfect examples known. His
collection of the writings of Cotton Mather and Increase Mather
was extensive, and the specimens were in the finest possible condition.
His collection of American almanacs of the seventeenth century was
especially noteworthy.

In the New England Historic Genealogical Society Mr. Gay was
a member of the Committee to Assist the Historian for the year 1906
and for every subsequent year until his death, except the year 1911,
when he served as chairman of the Committee on Sale of Publica-
tions. In addition to the organizations already mentioned he be-
longed to the University Club of Boston, the Harvard Club of Boston,
the Bostonian Society, the Prince Society, the Club of Odd Volumes,
the American Antiquarian Society, and the Bibliographical Society
of America.

George Austin Morrison, Jr., A.M., LL.B., of New York City,
elected a resident member 2 February 1916, was born in New York
City 26 March 1864, the son of George Austin and Lucie Anne (King)
Morrison, and died there 30 November 1916. His father, George
Austin Morrison, son of Alexander and grandson of John Morrison,
was born in the parish of Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland, 30
November 1832; and his mother, Lucie Anne King, daughter of Esek
Clarke and Sarah Coe (McCullen) King, was born at New Lebanon,
N. Y., 17 December 1844. On his father's side he was related to the
family of Robert Burns, the poet.

He was prepared for college in the Cutler School, New York City,

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and was graduated at Harvard University in 1887, receiving the
degree of A.B. cum laude. He studied at Columbia University,
taking there the degree of A.M. in 1888 and that of LL.B. in 1889,
and in 1890 he entered upon the practice of the law in New York
City, first as a member of the firm of Morrison & Morrison and later
under his own name. He was also interested in several corporations.

He was the author of a number of plays, as well as a writer on
antiquarian, historical, and genealogical subjects. Many of his
papers on these serious topics appeared in magazines, and the follow-
ing books were compiled by him: "Clement King, of Marshfield,
Mass., 1668, and his Descendants," 1898, "Laurent De Camp, of
New Utrecht, N. Y., 1664, and his Descendants," 1900, "The
'Clarke' Families of Rhode Island," 1902, "The Freer Family of
New Paltz, N. Y.," "The King Families in England, prior to 1675,"
and "A Memorial History of St. Andrew's Society of the State of
New York."

'Mr. Morrison was a member and trustee of the New York Genea-
logical and Biographical Society, and a member of the New York
Historical Society, the Society of Colonial Wars, the Society of the
Sons of the Revolution, the Rhode Island Society of the Cincinnati,
the Veteran Corps of Artillery of the State of New York and Military
Society of the War of 1812, St. George's Society, the St. Nicholas
Society, St. Andrew's Society of the State of New York (of which
his father had been president, and of which he was secretary for
fifteen years, second vice-president in 1910, and president in 1912
and 1913), the Metropolitan Club, the Harvard Club, and the Law-
yer's Club.

He married in New York City, 9 April 1912, Magdalen Sophrona
Worden, who survives him. They had no children.

Hon. George Sheldon of Deerfield, Mass., a resident member
since 1898, was born at Deerfield 30 November 1818, the son of Seth
and Caroline (Stebbins) Sheldon, and died there 23 December 1916,
at the advanced age of ninety-eight years. He was a descendant
of Ensign John Sheldon of Deerfield and a grandson of Capt. Joseph
Stebbins, who fought at Bunker Hill.

He was educated at the Deerfield Academy, and engaged in
farming; but, being disabled by a sunstroke, he turned to manu-
facturing, which he carried on at Chicopee, Mass., from 1853 to
1857. About 1854 he was a leader in Chicopee of the Know-Nothing
Party, and then was active in establishing the Republican Party.
From 1857 on he was prominent in the town affairs of Deerfield, and
he was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in
1867 and of the Massachusetts Senate in 1872, doing good service in
the General Court as a member of committees to preserve the Old
South Meeting House and the Bulfinch front of the State House.

Since 1867 his time was chiefly devoted to historical research and
writing and to the preservation of the historic memorials of Deerfield
and its vicinity. He was the founder of the Pocumtuck Valley
Memorial Association of Deerfield, incorporated in 1870, and was its
president until his death. With the establishment of this organiza-

MEMOIRS bdx

tion a new era of historical research in the Connecticut Valley began;
and it is chiefly owing to Mr. Sheldon's initiative and industry that
the Association now possesses, in the Sheldon Collection, one of the
most important collections of objects representing Colonial life to
be found in the United States.

Mr. Sheldon was the author of many noteworthy historical books
and articles, among which may be mentioned a history of North-
field, Mass. (prepared in collaboration with J. H. Temple), a history
of Deerfield, with genealogies, and a discussion of the attack on
Hadley, Mass., in 1675, and the alleged appearance there of Goffe,
the Regicide, in which, as many historians assert, he disproved the
story of the "Angel of Hadley." At the age of ninety-five years he
wrote a paper entitled "Don't give up the Ship," which was pub-
lished in 1914. He was a member of the Massachusetts Historical
Society.

At Mr. Sheldon's funeral Rev. Thomas Franklin Waters of Ipswich,
Mass., his friend and fellow historian, said of him: "His magic touch
has illumined and vivified the page of history and transformed what
otherwise might have been a tragic tale of bloodshed into an inspiring
picture of heroism, of undying family affection, and glorious self-
sacrifice."

Mr. Sheldon married first, 11 June 1844, Susan Stewart Stearns,
who died 7 October 1881, daughter of J. F. Stearns of Dummerston,
Vt. ; and secondly, 4 November 1897, Jennie Maria Arms of Green-
field, Mass., daughter of George A. Arms, who survives her husband.
Mr. Sheldon's son by his first wife, John Sheldon of Greenfield, first
vice-president of the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, also
survives his father.

Cf. Who's Who in New England, 1916, pp. 966-967.

Levi Henry Elwell, M.A., of Amherst, Mass., a life member
since 1912, was born at Northampton, Mass., 22 March 1854, the
son of Levi Henry and Harriet Addaline (Ross) (Abbott) Elwell,
and died at Amherst 27 December 1916. He traced his descent
from Robert 1 Elwell of Dorchester, Salem, and Gloucester, Mass.,
through Isaac, 2 Joshua, 3 Thomas, 4 Moses, 5 Levi, 6 and Levi Henry, 7
his father. His mother, Harriet Addaline Ross, was married first to
George Andrew Abbott and secondly to Levi Henry Elwell.

He was prepared for college at the Northampton High School,
and was graduated at Amherst College, with the degree of B.A.,
in 1875, receiving the degree of M.A. from Amherst in 1878. In
college he held high rank as a scholar, and was elected to the Phi
Beta Kappa Society.

For a year after receiving his first degree at Amherst he taught in
the Poughkeepsie (N. Y.) Military Institute, and then, in 1876-77,
studied Sanskrit and comparative philology at Yale. In 1877 he
returned to Amherst as an instructor in Latin and Greek, and con-
tinued to serve as instructor there in these languages and in Sanskrit
until 1890, when he was made assistant professor of Greek and
instructor in Sanskrit, receiving in 1893 the higher rank of associate
professor of Greek and instructor in Sanskrit, which he retained to

lxx N. E. HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

his death. He was connected with many organizations at Amherst,
holding the office of secretary and treasurer of his college class from
1875 to 1916 and at various times being an officer in the Philological
Club and the Ancient Language Club, and treasurer, deacon, and
clerk of the College church. He was also a trustee of the Amherst
Academy Fund, 1898-1916, and secretary of the Board of Trustees of
the Academy.

He was a member of many learned societies, among which were
the American Oriental Society, the Pali Text Society (of London),
the American Philological Association, the Society for the Promotion
of Hellenic Studies (of London), the Archaeological Institute of
America, the New England Classical Association, of the Western
Massachusetts Section of which he was secretary, and the American
Folklore Society. He was also a member of the Advisory Council of
the Simplified Spelling Board.

Professor Elwell made extensive researches in genealogy, and
published "The Family of Thomas Elwell of Hardwick, Massachu-
setts," 1900, "The Descendants of Moses Elwell, once of Goshen,
Massachusetts," 1900, "The Descendants of Thomas Elwell of
Westhampton, Massachusetts," 1902, and "Gravestone Records of
Shaftsbury, Bennington County, Vermont," 1911. He was also a
botanist of high rank, possessing valuable botanical collections and
writing occasionally articles on botany for newspapers and periodical
publications. In 1880 he was licensed to preach by the Hampshire
Association of Congregational Ministers.

He married at West Newton, Mass., 20 December 1883, Abbie
Miner Nickerson, daughter of James Henry and Mary Almona
(Cowing) Nickerson and a graduate of Vassar College in the Class of
1882, who survives him, together with the following children: Marion
Freeman Elwell, A.B. (Vassar, 1907), Florence Ross Elwell, A.B.
(Vassar, 1911), A.M. (Smith College, 1914), and James Henry
Elwell, a member of the Class of 1919, Amherst College. Another
daughter died young.

Memoirs of the following-named members of the Society may be
found as indicated:

Francis Everett Blake, in the Register of January 1917;
Frederick Lewis Gay, in the Register of April 1917.

INDEX OP MEMOIBS

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INDEX OF MEMOIKS

Ayer, Marguerite Levering

(Woods) Iv

Ballord,"Esek Steere xli

Barnes, Abel Tuttle xxxvii

Blodgett, Isaac Dimond .... lxv

Bolles, William Palmer .... xlix

Bowen, Charles Wetter .... Ix

Butterfield, Franklin George . . xlii

Chauncey, Charles li

Chauncey, Elihu liii

Damon, Frank Herbert .... liv

Dana, Charles Sumner .... Iviii
Darling, Deborah Jane Spauld-

ing (Pomeroy) li

Davis, Horace lvi

Davison, William Henry .... xliv

Day, Addison Lyman Iv

FJwell, Levi Henry box

Fogg, Franklin Lriv

Fowler, Arthur Presbrey .... liii

Gay, Ernest Lewis lxvi

Gay, Warren Fisher lix

Gookin, Charles Bailey .... liv
Haseltine, Charles Field . . . xxxviii

Hesseltme, Francis Snow . . . xlvii

Howe, Archibald Murray
Hunt, Frederick Thayer
Longley, James ....
Loud, John Jacob . .
McClintock, Emory . .
Moore, Anna Buckham (Wri
Morrison, George Austin
Norcross, Lucy Ann (Lane)
Nutting, David Hubbard
Rice, Melvin Eugene . .
Richardson, John . . .
Shedd, Frank Edson . .
Sheldon, George ....
Sherman, Frank Dempster
Smith, William Spooner .
Spear, William Gardner .
Stevens, William Stanford
Stevenson, John McAllister
Thomas, Alfred Addison .
Thompson, Francis McGee
Tilden, Albert Colburn .
Warren, Albert Cyrus . .
White, McDonald Ellis .
White, Thomas Earle . .
Woodbury, Louis Augustus

ght)

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xlix

lii

Iviii

xliv

lxvii

xlvi

brii

bri

Iviii

lxii

lxviii

xliii

xlvi

xlviii

xxxvii

lxvi

bdv

lxiii

lvii

CHARTER AND ENABLING ACTS

An Act to incorporate the New England Historic Genealogical Society.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled,
and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Sect. 1. Charles Ewer, J. Wingate Thornton, Joseph Willard, their associates
and successors, are hereby made a corporation, by the name of the New England
Historic Genealogical Society, for the purpose of collecting, preserving, and occa-
sionally publishing, genealogical and historical matter, relating to early New England
families, and for the establishment and maintenance of a cabinet; and for these pur-
poses, shall have all the powers and privileges, and, be subject to all the duties, re-
quirements and liabilities, set forth in the forty-fourth chapter of the Revised Statutes.

Sect. 2. The said corporation may hold and possess real and personal estate, to
an amount not exceeding twenty thousand dollars.

[Approved by the Governor, March 18, 1845.]

Acts and Resolves of the General Court of Massachusetts, 1846, chapter 16S.

An Act to enable the New England Historic-Genealogical Society to hold an addi-
tional amount of property.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The New England Historic-Genealogical Society may take, by pur-
chase, gift, grant or otherwise, and hold, real and personal estate not exceeding one
hundred thousand dollars, in addition to the amount authorized by the second section
of chapter one hundred and fifty-two of the acts of the year one thousand eight hundred
and forty-five.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved April 1, 1868.

Acts and Resolves, 1868, chapter 100.

An Act to enable the New England Historic-Genealogical Society to hold additional

real and personal property.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The New England Historic-Genealogical Society may take by bequest,
gift, grant, or otherwise, and hold, real and personal estate not exceeding two hun-
dred thousand dollars in value in addition to the amount authorized by section two
of chapter one hundred and fifty-two of the acts of the year one thousand eight hun-
dred and forty-five, and by section one of chapter one hundred of the acts of the year
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, and exclusive of the value of all books,
papers, pictures and statuary now owned, or which may be hereafter acquired by
said society.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved April IS, 1888.

Acts and Resolves, 1888, chapter 227.

An Act to enable women to become members of the New England Historic Genea-
logical Society.
"Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

;?,The New England Historic Genealogical Society, a corporation organized under
the laws of this Commonwealth, may admit women to membership, subject to such
restrictions as the by-laws of said corporation may from time to time impose.

Approved April 10, 1897.
^ Acts and Resolves, 1897, chapter 275.

The following is from the Revised Laws of 1902, Corporation Ads, chapter 125, section 8:
Any corporation organized under general or special laws for any of the purposes
mentioned in section two [educational, charitable, antiquarian, historical, literary,
scientific, etc.] . . . may hold real and personal estate to an amount not exceed-
ing one million five hundred thousand dollars.

(bcxii)

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THE
NEW ENGLAND

HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL

JULY, 1917

NATHANIEL JOHNSON RUST

By Edoab Carter Rust of Brookline, Mass.

Nathaniel Johnson Rust, elected to resident membership in
the New England Historic Genealogical Society in 1870, made a
life member in 1872, a member of the Council of the Society for the
years 1899-1901 and 1903-1905, and from January 1912 until his
death Vice-President of the Society for Massachusetts, died at his
home on Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, 5 February 1917, at the
age of eighty-three years, after a very short illness.

He was born at Gorham, Me., 28 November 1833, the son of
Meshack and Martha (Frost) Rust, and was seventh in descent
from Henry 1 Rust, an early settler of Hingham, Mass., and later
a resident of Boston, through Nathaniel 2 of Ipswich, Mass., Lieut.
Nathaniel 3 of Ipswich, Rev. Henry, 4 a graduate of Harvard College
in the Class of 1707 and the first minister at Stratham, N. H.,
Col. Henry 5 of Portsmouth, and Wolfeborough, N. H., William 6 of
Wolfeborough, and Meshack 7 of Gorham, Me., his father.*

In the death of Mr. Rust not only the Society but also the City
of Boston has lost one of the few remaining of that older school
of business men active before the Civil War, who grew and devel-
oped with the growth of the Nation, and whose courage, enterprise,
and integrity contributed much to the prosperity of Boston and
to the whole of New England.

His life, extending from 1833 to 1917, covers that period of time
in which a most important part of the growth and development of
our national life occurred; and we find outlined in him a growth
and development similar to that which was taking place in the
Nation.

The first years of his life and his whole boyhood were spent in
Gorham, Me. His mother died before he was two years old; but
his father soon married again, and he was brought up by his step-
mother, Mrs. Sally (Waterhouse) Rust, who was to him almost the
same as his own mother.

They were strong characters, both father and stepmother, and
must have had a very strong influence on his character. That
gentleness, that sensitiveness to human emotions, that sunny dis-

* Cf. The Rust Family. 1891.
vol. mi. 13

196 Nathaniel Johnson Rust [July

position, that friendly interest which all who knew him grew to love
in him, undoubtedly had their origin in the influence of his step-
mother, while that iron will, that ambition to succeed, that deter-
mination to do what was right, regardless of the consequences,
which were equally striking characteristics, can well be traced to
that stern, God-fearing New England father of his, who told his
son: "Fear God and shame the Devil."

In his boyhood days at Gorham he helped his father on the farm,
and attended school and, later, the Academy. In his sixteenth
year, at the request of his older brother, William, he went to South
Paris, Me., where he attended the Oxford Normal Institute and
assisted in his brother's drug store. There he learned the first
rudiments of the drug business, which later he was to undertake
so successfully for himself.

The horizon of South Paris, however, was too narrow for him.
After two years he determined to seek broader fields, and on 22
November 1851 he landed in Boston with ten shiny silver dollars
in his pocket, a strong constitution, and an iron determination to
make good.

His first employment was with Stephen S. Thayer, a druggist
having a store under the Revere House, then the pride of Boston
and of all New England. Nearly every celebrity coming to Boston
stayed at the Revere House and young Rust usually saw most of
them, as the ills of even the great are many, and the drug store
was sooner or later visited by most. Seeing and talking with these
people undoubtedly added fuel to his ambition. References in his
diary, such as this: "October 27, 1852, Kossuth arrived in Boston
to-day. I saw him," or again: "May 22, 1851, Heard Daniel
Webster in Faneuil Hall," and many others like these, are interest-
ing in this connection.

Leaving Mr. Thayer in 1853, he entered the employ of Messrs.
Weeks & Potter, wholesale druggists on Washington Street, and
was given, although only twenty years old, the position of head
clerk there. The next five or six years were spent in close appli-
cation to business, but a trip to New York in 1858 evidently opened
his eyes to the opportunities of a young man there, as his imme diate
future will show.

In 1859, his health being poor, he took a trip to Europe, in those
times a very considerable undertaking, and this was a further broad-
ening step in his development. He was always a great reader,
interested in foreign lands and strange places, and this voj^age was
the forerunner of many others made later in life, when his lessened
activities gave him time and opportunity.

Soon after his return from Europe, as Messrs. Weeks & Potter
could not be persuaded to find a place in the firm for him, he de-
cided, inspired undoubtedly by that trip to New York in 1858, to
take a further step; and accordingly, on 9 April 1860, he entered
as a salesman the employ of Mr. Demas Barnes in New York, head
of the firm of Barnes & Park, wholesale druggists, in Park Row.
He did much travelling at this time, going to the West and the
South, and in March 1861 found himself in Washington, where he

1917] Nathaniel Johnson Rust 197

heard Abraham Lincoln's first inaugural address. On his return to
New York he told Mr. Barnes, speaking of the President, "That
man means business."

At this time Mr. Barnes had many accounts owing him in the
South, and in view of impending events he was anxious about them.
The new salesman volunteered to go, saying good-humoredly that
he "guessed his neck was long enough to tie." Starting South,
therefore, on 27 March 1861, he arrived on 9 April in Charleston,
S. C, where he soon saw the beginning of hostilities by the Con-
federates. To quote again from his own record at that time:
"April 12, 1861. Awakened at 4:20 A. M. by the guns firing on
Fort Sumter." "April 14, 1861. I witnessed the bombardment,
also the surrender at 2:30 P. M." He tells us that when the flag
went down he was smoking, but that he threw the cigar away and
said that he would not smoke until the flag was up again. He
kept his word. In fact, he never took up smoking again during the
rest of his life. He continued his journey in the South, always
signing his name as from New Orleans and endeavoring to disguise
the fact that he was a "Down-East Yankee," until he reached
Montgomery, Ala., at that time the capital of the Confederacy
and the headquarters of Jefferson Davis. He apparently did not
pass muster there, for some kind soul said that they were going to
lynch a Yankee at the hotel that night, and, without stopping to
inquire which Yankee was meant, he started immediately for cooler
regions and arrived safely at New York on 4 May.

At this time his father was so lonely, his health so poor, and his
demands so urgent, that the son gave up his then splendid pros-
pects in New York and returned to Gorham, Me. This sacrifice
turned out to be a blessing in disguise, because he met there his
future wife, whose subsequent care and devotion were among the
strongest forces behind his successful career.

The inactivity in the little country town was more, however,
than he could bear for long, and he writes in his diary, under date
of 18 July 1861: "I have for long years desired that I could for a
time be secure from the toil and excitement of business life, but I
find that I am not content with leisure. My nature is excitable
and impulsive, and desires more active moments." This was evi-
dently the turning point in his career. There was no more hesi-
tation. He hewed straight to the line thereafter.

In November 1861 he travelled for John I. Brown & Son of Boston,
returning in May 1862. On 15 August 1862 he founded the co-
partnership of Carter, Rust & Company, with their place of business
at 43 Hanover Street, Boston. On 28 April of the following year
he married, at Gorham, Me., Martha Caroline Carter, daughter of
Enos and Martha (Haines) Carter.

A series of busy years followed. As the war progressed, business
boomed, prices rose, and his whole effort was centred in this new
business of his, which grew and prospered. A visit to Washington
with his wife in February 1865, in connection with which he men-
tions meeting President Lincoln and his wife at a reception, was
apparently the only distraction of note. In January 1866 the firm

198 Nathaniel Johnson Rust [July

name was changed to Rust Brothers & Bird. William A. Rust,
the older brother with whom he had learned the business at South
Paris, was not forgotten, but was brought down by the younger
brother to share in his prosperity. The next thirty years were the
most active years of his life. He was influential in the Druggists'
Association, gradually became interested in corporation enterprises
outside of his business, and was earnestly sought to enter the field
of politics. His family was beginning to grow at this time, and his
keenest pleasure was in his home life, his children, and a devoted
wife.

In 1874 he was elected a member of the Massachusetts Legis-
lature, and was reelected in 1875 and 1876. He was a strong
Republican, was chosen president of the Republican City Committee
in 1877 and 1878, and was a member of the Boston Common Council
in 1878 and 1879.

His interest in outside affairs, his excellent judgment, his high
principles, above all his wonderful sense of fairness and justice,
were becoming more and more recognized by those with whom he
came in contact, and soon he was much sought after in positions
of trust and in the management of business affairs. In January
1878 he was elected a director of the South Boston Railroad Com-
pany, and in the following year president of the Boston Druggists'
Association. It was not long after this that he was chosen a mem-
ber of the Board of Directors of the Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain
Railroad Company, of which Mr. William J. Averell was president.
Coming to Mr. Rust one day, Mr. Averell asked him if he would
not like to meet his future son-in-law, whom he was anxious to have
on the Board of Directors of that company. Mr. Rust consented,
and was presented to Mr. E. H. Harriman, who subsequently be-
came a director and began there his railroad career. As an indi-
cation of the aggressive determination of Mr. Rust and his force-
fulness in accomplishing what he believed to be right two contests of
strength between Mr. Rust and Mr. Harriman may be mentioned,
for they resulted in the decided discomfiture of Mr. Harriman and
are to be reckoned among the few defeats in railroad matters that
the latter ever experienced. In June 1882 Mr. Rust became presi-
dent of the North End Savings Bank and in 1885 president of the
Lincoln National Bank. During the next eight years his attention
was divided between his business and the Bank, the Bank gradually
acquiring the greater part of his time.

In 1890 he was again induced to hold public office, and was
elected alderman of the City of Boston for 1891 and again for 1892;
and for twenty years (1890 to 1910) he served the City as a member
of the Board of Sinking Fund Commissioners, being chairman of
the Board for seventeen years.

The panic year of 1893 was one of the hardest years of his life. He
was nearly sixty years old, and he had for some time said that when
he was sixty he would retire from active business. The strain on
him was severe, for, as he said to his wife when he returned utterly
worn out at night, "It is not my own property I am afraid of losing;
it is the property of others confided to my trust that is the cause

1917] Nathaniel Johnson Rust 199

of all my anxiety." The storm was weathered, however, and soon
afterwards he resigned the presidency of the Bank and in 1894
marked his retirement from so-called active business by taking his
wife and four children for a long trip to Europe.

In 1890 the firm name of Rust Brothers & Bird had been changed
to the Rust-Richardson Drug Company, a name which the firm
retained until 1900, when it was acquired by the Eastern Drug
Company. During this later period Mr. Rust gave only a mini-
mum of time to the drug business, as his other interests had grown
sufficiently large to occupy most of his time. He was connected
with a great many corporate enterprises, chiefly in an advisory
capacity as director or as a member of executive committees. In
the course of his career he was at various times a director in some
thirty-two different corporations and president of eight.* In his
later years he retained his full vigor, both physical and mental,
and his sound judgment and clear-headedness made his advice as
eagerly sought after as twenty-five years before.

Mr. Rust's activities were by no means confined to business and
politics. He belonged to the Boston Art Club, of which he had been
president. He was for many years deputy-governor of the Society
of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and a
frequent attendant at the meetings both of the Council and of
the Society. In the New England Historic Genealogical Society,
of which he was a member for more than forty-six years, he not
only served on the Council for two elective terms of three years
each and for five years more by virtue of his office of Vice-President
for Massachusetts, but he was a member for many years and at
various times of the most important financial committees of the
Society, such as the Committee on Finance for the six years 1900-
1905 and again for the year 1916, the Committee on Real Estate
for the eight years of its existence, 1905-1912, and the Committee
on Ways and Means from its establishment in 1913 to his death;
and from 1903 on he was one of the three trustees appointed by
the Probate Court to a dmini ster the Kidder Fund for the benefit
of the Society. His long experience in business and finance was of
great help to the Society, especially when problems connected with
the erection of the Society's new building at 9 Ashburton Place
were pressing for solution. His death occurred only two days be-
fore the annual meeting, at which he would have been reelected
as Vice-President for Massachusetts.

Mr. Rust's wife died in April 1914, but of his five children four
survive him, namely, Martha Caroline, Mary Alice (Mrs. William
W. Cutler), Nathaniel Johnson, Jr., and Edgar Carter.

No one who had the privilege of meeting Mr. Rust was likely to

* At the time of his death Mr. Rust was a director in thirteen business corpora-
tions, via., the Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, the Boston Insurance Company,
the Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Company, the Boston Storage Warehouse Com-
pany, the Carver Cotton Gin Company, the Commercial National Bank, the Davol
Mills (of Fall River, Mass.), the Methuen Company, the Nevins Company, the New
England Mutual Life Insurance Company, the Old Colony Insurance Company, the
Pemberton Company, and the Proprietors of the Revere House; and he was also
president of three of these corporations, viz., the Boston Storage Warehouse Company,
the Carver Cotton Gin Company, and the Proprietors of the Revere House.

200

Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions

[July

forget him. His personality stamped itself on the minds and memories
of nearly all those with whom he came in contact. It seemed as
if all those years which he had lived had each contributed some-
thing to his character and to his development. Can anyone forget
his smile? He carried sunshine wherever he went. His whole
being seemed to radiate sunshine and happiness. Can we who knew

t him ever forget that affectionate pat on the shoulder, that warm,
strong grip of the hand, that cheerful greeting whenever we met
him, that "Hello, young man" to everyone, whether old or young.
He was a perpetual optimist, a "bull" on the future of America
and American institutions, an ardent patriot, who seemed to feel
that he could safely leave his country, with whose national life he
had grown up, when once he knew that it had taken its stand for
the rights of humanity.

• It was the privilege of the writer to bring to Mr. Rust, in his
last sickness, the knowledge that the United States had broken with
Germany. He sat up in bed, and with tears in his eyes, replied:
"Thank God for that." He failed rapidly thereafter, and it almost
seemed as if he had been waiting for that last message from the
country which he had seen grow up from infancy to manhood.

CONNECTICUT CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS

Copied by Joel N. Eno, A.M., of Hartford, Coon.

WINDHAM

Windham Centre Cemetery

[Continued from page 187]

In memory of Mrs* Betsey Daughr of Mr. Nathan & Mrs. Mary Huntington
who died April 28th 1796 in ye 20th year of her Age.

Here lies ye Body of Mrs. Elisabeth Huntington ye wife of Mr. Jabez Hunt-
ington, ye Daughter of the Revd Mr. Timothy Edwards of ye Town of
Windsor who Departed this Life Sept. 21st 1733 in ye 37th year of her
Age. . .

In memory of Mrs. Elisabeth Huntington late Wife of Jonathan Huntington
Esqr who died Septemr 24 A.D. 1751 aged 38 years & 2 mo.

In memory of Mrs. Elizabeth Huntington Daughr of Deacn Joseph & Mrs,
Elisabeth Huntington. She died Deer 22d 1788 in ye 62d Year of her
Age.

Here lies ye Body of that Gracious Saint of Christ Mrs. Elizebeth Huntington
wife to Capt. Thomas Huntington Esqr & after she had lived a pious
Life fell asleep in Jesus December 29 1729 Aged 59 yrs.

In memory of Mrs. Elizebeth ye Wife of Deacn Joseph Huntington who
Died Janr 4th 1774 in ye 83d year of her Age.

Here lies the Body of Horatio son of Jonathan Huntington Esqr by Sarah his
wife he died Sept. ye 17th 1759 in ye 5th year of his age.

• Another inscription to the memory of the same person reads " Miss " instead of
!'Mr8.'*

1917] Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions 201

In memory of Colo. Jabez Huntington the first Sheriff of Windham County.

He died Septr 26th 1753 in ye 62d year of his Age.
In memory of Jabez Huntington Esqr who died on the 24th of Novr 1782 in

ye 45th year of his Age. He . . . sustained many Civil offices and

died high Sheriff of the County of Windham, and an honest man.
John son to Mr. Joseph Huntington Junr & Elizebeth his wife who died

June 17th 1725 aged 5 years.
In memory of Mr. John Huntington who died Sept. 18th A.D. 1791 in ye

62d Year of his Age.
Here lies ye Body of Jonathan Son of Jonathan Huntington Esqr And Elisa-
beth His Wife he died Febr 5th 1754 Aged 9 years.
•To the memory of the Honble Jonathan Huntington Esqr who Died Sept. 15th

1773 Aetat 77 ... an eminent & successful Practitioner of Phys-

ick. ...
In memory of Jonathan son of Roger & Susa nna Huntington who died

July 14th 1782 aged 14 months.
In memory of Deacn Joseph Huntington who died Decemr 29, A.D. 1747

Aetat 84. . . .
Here lie's ye Body of Mr. Joseph Son to Deacn Joseph Huntington & Mrs.

Eliz'th his -wife he Died Octr 12th 1760 in ye 24th year of his Age. . . .
In memory of Deacn Joseph Huntington he Departed this Life Deer 5th 1783

in ye 96th Year of his Age. . . .
In memory of Judith daughr of Roger & Susanna Huntington who died Augst

29th 1787 aged 10 months.
Here lies the Body of Mrs. Mary Huntington Wife of Mr. Nathan Hunting-
ton daughter of Lieut. Jonathan & Mrs. Elisabeth Burley who died

Novr 4th 1754 in the 23d Year of her age.
In memory of Mrs. Mary wife to Mr. Solomon Huntington She died Septr 17th

1778 in ye 76th year of her age. ...
In memory of Meriel daughr of Mr. Daniel & Mrs. Meriel Huntington who

died April 23d 1796 in ye 7th year of her Age.
March 22d 1767 Departed this Life Relph son to Doer Jonath Huntington &

Sarah his Wife Aged 6 Months.
In memory of Sarah [?] [illegible] Colo. Jabez Huntington Died [illegible] 1774 [?]

aged 27 days [?].
Beneath this Monument Lies Interr'd the Body of ye . . . Godly Man Mr.

Solomon Huntington . . . He . . . Resin'd his Mortal Life . . .

Apr. 30, 1752 Aged 52.
Mr. Solomon Huntington died March 3d A.D. 1809 Aged 73 years
In memory of Submit Daughter to Leut. Hezekiah Huntington & Submit his

wife who died Oct. ye 18th A.D. 1759 in the 2d year of her age.
Here rests the remains of Mrs. Sus anna h Huntington wife of Mr. Roger

Huntington: She died Sept. 2d, 1796 in ye 36th year of her age.
Here lies ye Body of Capt. Thomas Huntington Esqr & Husband to Mrs.

Elizebeth Huntington who After he had served God & his peopel

Boath in Church & State Fell on Sleep in Jesus November ye 7th 1732

Aged 69 years.
[Illegible] Hutchins Died January 17, 1838. Aged 9 years & 6 months.
In memory of Mrs. Rachael Hutchinson wife of Mr. Samuel Hutchinson who

Died May ye 6th 1752 in ye 77th Year of her Age.
Here Lies the Body of Mr. Samuel Hutchinson Died in The Faith of ye Lord

Jesus Feb. the 22nd 1758 in the 77th Year of his age.
In memory of Mrs. Irene wife to Mr. Benjamin Jains. She Died Deer 31st

1775 in ye 29th year of her Age.
Be this in memory of Mrs. Hannah Jennings Consort of Mr. Jonathan

Jennings. She died Decbr 10th 1755 in ye 30th Year of her Age.
Be this in memory of Mr. Jonathan Jennings who Died Feby 26 1781 in ye

60th Year of his Age.

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In memory of Dan, son of Mr. Joseph & Mrs. Mehetable Johnson he died

July 5th 1790 Aged 1 Year.
In memory of James, son of Mr. John Jones & Mrs. Deidama his wife: he

died May 16th 1786 Aged 4 Years.
In memory of Mrs. Nabby Consort of Mr. William Jones who departed this

life November 16th 1800 in the 23d year of her age.
In memory of Harriet Daughr to Mr. Isaac & Miriam Kennedy. He [sic]

died July 23d 1783 in ye 14th year of her Age.
In memory of James Son to Mr. Samuel Kennedy & Amelia his wife: he died

Janr 1 1th 1774 Aged 6 Months.
Dedicated to the memory of Elder Benj amin Lathrop who resin'd his breath

on the 16th of July 1804 in the 79th Year of his Age.
In memory of George son of Mr. Benjamin H. Lathrop & Mrs. Betsey his

wife who died Jany 16th 1798 Aged 2 years & 4 days.
This Stone is erected Sacred to the memory of Thomas Lathrop, son of Mr.

Roswell & Mrs. Sarah Lathrop, who died Jany 21st, 1805 in the 16th

year of his age.
In "memory of Doctr Samuel Lee, who died Deer 7th A.D. 1805 in the 61st

year of his age.
In memory of Doctr Samuel Lee, who died December 23d, 1814 aged 42 years.
In memory of Mrs. Sarah Lee, relict of Doctr Samuel Lee died Febry 13th

A.D. 1814 aged 62.
Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Aness Lincoln wife of Capt. Nathaniel Lincoln

who died Deer 1st 1811 in the 76th year of her age
In memory of Mr. Daniel Lincoln who died Augst 31st 1808 aged 70 years. . . .
In memory of Mrs. Elizebeth Lincoln wife of Mr. Jacob Lincoln who died

Deer 24th 1804 in ye 32d year of her age. . . .
In memory of Mr. John Lincoln who died June ye 7th 1810 in the 86th year

of his Age.
In memory of Capt. Nathaniel Lincoln who died March 16, 1834 Aged 105

years 3 months & 20 Days.
Olive Lincoln born Feb. 9, 1808 died March 27, 1818 daughter of Mr. Na-
thaniel & Mrs. Anna Lincoln. . . .
In memory of Mrs. Hannah wife of Mr. John Linkon who Departed this Life

Feby 3d 1791 in ye 66th Year of her Age.
March ye 26th 1758 Departed this Life Rebeckah ye Wife of Mr. John Linkon

in ye 27th year of her Age
In memory of Mr. Samuel Linkon who died Novr 27th 1794 in ye 102d Year

of his Age.
Sally Maria, Daughr of David & Hannah Long who died Augst 15, 1810.

Aged 11 months.
In memory of Nathan son of Mr. Solomon & Mrs. Miriam Lord: he died

August 28th 1778 in ye 5th Year of his Age.
In memory of Labeus Lothrop Son of Mr. Benjamin Lothrop & Mrs. Sibbil

his wife he died July 10th 1761 in ye 5th Year of his Age.
Under this Monument are Interr'd the Remains of the Six sons of Josiah &

Mary Manning.

Cook Died Augst 26, 1766 Age 7 weeks.
Frederick Died June 23, 1756 in his 3d year.
Jered Died May 23, 1765 Age 4 weeks.
John Died May 7, 1761 Aged 10 years.
. Junias & Trimelius Died May 15th 1757 Age 1 Day.
Beneath this Monument lies Interr'd ye Mortal Remains of Mr. Josiah

Manning who Died Deer 16th 1806 in the 82d year of his age.
This Monument is erected Sacred to ye Memory of Miss Mary Manning ye

Beloved Consort to Mr. Josiah Manning who Died Nov. 28th 1796 in

ye 68th year of her Age.

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Sally Manning died Augst 21st 1787 aged 10 months & 16 days, daughr of

Frederick & Anna Manning.
In memory of Mrs. Sarah wife of Doctr Jonth' Marsh late of Norwich De-

ceas'd, who Died May 19th 1779 in ye 59th year of her Age. . . .
Here lyes ye Body of Mrs. Anne Mason, late wife to Mr. Hezekiah Mason

who died Avgvst ye 2, 1724 In ye 47 year of her age.
The grave of Julia F. Mason Born August 3, 1827 and died Dec. 12, 1832.
[Mrs. Mary Moore, see Mrs. Mary Alleine.]
Here lies ye Body of Mr. William Moore who had been ye Husband of three

Wifes Mrs. Mary Moore & Mrs. Mary Moore & Mrs. Tamezen Moore,

who died April 28, 1728 & 77 year of his age. . . .
Mrs. Celinda Moulton widow of Mr. John Moulton Died August 12, 1854

AE. 90.
In memory of Mr. James Moulton Jnr who Died Janr 28th 1782 in ye 32d

year of his Age.
Mr. John Moulton Died January 28, 1813 AE. 51
Nancy Moulton Died Mar. 31, 1876 AE. 88 Yrs. 6 Mos.
In memory of Mr. Royal Moulton Son to Mr. William Moulton & Kezia his

wife: he Died Deer 13, 1777 in ye 22d year of his Age.
[Moulton Monument.]
William Moulton 1654-1730.
James Moulton 1692-1762
Mehitabel Hovey his wife.
William Moulton 1725-1804
Eesiah Crowell his wife.
Capt. William Moulton 1754-1831
Roswell Moulton 1756-1777.
Anna Moulton 1758-1840.
Calvin Moulton 1760-1824.
John Moulton 1762-1803.
In memory of Mrs. Anna Murdock wife of Dea. Elip't Murdock who died

April 15th A.D. 1819. AE. 66.
In memory of Mr. Dan Murdock who died Jany 31st 1789 in ye 48th Year of

his Age.
In memory of Dea'n Elip't Murdock who died November 23, 1822 aged 74.
Here lies ye Body of Eunice Daughter to Capt. Samuel & Mrs. Submit Mur-
dock who died Feby ye 16, A.D. 1752 in the 2d year of her age.
In memory of Lucy Daughr of Capt. Eliphalet Murdock & Mrs. Anna his

wife. She died April 6th 1791 in ye 4th year of her Age.
Here lies buried ye Body of Capt. Samuel Murdock, who . . . died ... ye

17th of Janry 1769 in ye 71st year of his age.
Here lies ye Remains of Mrs. Submit Murdock Consort to Capt. Samuel

Murdock who Departed this Life October 17th 1784 in ye 78th Year of

her Age.
In memory of Isaac Olney, who died April 18, 1819. Aged 32.
In memory of Mrs. Jemima, Wife of Mr. Stephen Ormsby She died soon after

ye birth of her first child March 22d 1784 in ye 25th year of her Age. . . .
In memory of Mr. John Ormsby Jun. who died September 15, 1836 Aged

76 years.
In memory of Mrs. Ruth wife to Mr. Ephraim Ormsby She Died Apr'l 20th

1771 in ye 29th year of her Age.
In memory of Tryphena Daughter of Mr. John Ormsby Junr & Mrs. Lydia

his wife who died Sept. 10th, 1793 in ye 6th year of her Age.
Lory Page Daughter of Wm & Lucy Page Born March 11, 1802 Died August

19,1804.
In memory of Pamelia Daughr to Mr. Amasa Palmer & Abigail his Wife.

She died Octr 11th 1780 in ye 17 year of her Age.

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Here lies ye Body of Mr. Benjamin Parish he Died May 17th A.D. 1757

Aged 41 years.
In memory of Mr. John Parish, who died Feby 2d 1798 in ye 65th year of

his Age.
In memory of Mrs. Margret wife of Mr. Isaac Parish She Died December 20th

A.D. 1757 Aged 54 years.
Samuel son of S. & S. Perry Died May 14, 1799 AE. 5 yrs.
Susan Daughter of Samuel & Sarah Perry Died Oct. 29, 1823 AE. 19 yrs.
In memory of Mrs. Hannah Phelps ye Daughr of Mr. Joseph & Mrs. Sarah

Phelps who Died March ye 26th 1756 in ye 23d Year of her Age.
In memory of Mr. Samuel Phillips: he died May 5th 1787 in ye 30th Year of

his Age.
Maria Pierce died July 25, 1812 aged 5 months 13 days. Daughter of Silas

& Eunice Pierce.
Mrs. Amelia formerly wife of Mr. Asa Palmer & late widow of Rev. Amos

Read died Jan. 21, 1847 AE. 81
In memory of Mrs. Dorothy ye wife of Mr. Joshua Read who Died Decemr

ye 26 1753 in ye 40th Year of her Age.
In memory of Mrs. Hannah ye wife of Mr. Joshua Read who Died Deer ye 26,

1750 in ye 35th Year of her age.
In memory of Mrs. Hannah wife of Mr. Joshua Read who Died June ye 13th

1755 in ye 29th Year of her Age.
; . In memory of Abner son to Mr. Thomas Reed & Lucretia his Wife he Died

Augst 13th 1782 Aged 1 year & 5 months.
In memory of Lydia Daughter to Mr. David & Mrs. Mary Reed who Died

Apr. 10, 1760 Age 2 year.
In memory of Mrs. Mary Reed wife of Mr. David Reed who died April 26th

1799 in ye 77th year of her Age.
In memory of Abigail Daughr to Mr. John Ripley & Abigail his wife She

died Novr 24th 1777 in ye 8th year of her Age.
This monument is erected in memory of Mrs. Almy, wife of Mr. Nehemiah
| Ripley who died Novr 6th, 1813 in the 53d year of her age.

Sacred to the memory of Mr. Ebenezer Ripley who died 11 June 1811 aged

82 years.
In memory of Eleazer Ripley Died April 1, 1810. Aged 86.

Miriam Ripley his wife Died March 7, 1823. Aged 92.
In memory of Mrs. Elisabeth wife to Mr. Joshua Ripley She died June 30th

1778 in ye 48th year of her Age.
'.' In memory of Elisha Paine Ripley son to Mr. John Ripley & Abigail his Wife

he Died May 26, 1773 Aged 1 year 5 Months.
Here lies Interred the Body of . : . Mrs. Hannah Ripley the well beloved

Consort of Joshua Ripley, Esqr who after she had lived a holy and

Fruitful Life fell asleep in Jesus May ye 28th 1738 in ye 76th year of

her Age.
Here lies the Body of Mrs. Hannah Ripley Daughr to Mr. Joshua & Mrs.

Mary Ripley who died Novr ye 8th A.D. 1750 in ye 32 year of her age.
In memory of Hannah Daughtr to Maj. John Ripley & Abigail his wife.

She Died Octr 10th 1777 Aged 3 years.
Miss Henrietta Ripley daughr of Maj. John Ripley & Mrs. Abigail his wife

died Octr 23d 1795 Aetat 25 Years 5 Months. ...
In memory of Mr. Hezekiah Ripley Who Departed this Life Febr 7th 1779 in

ye 84th year of his Age.
Here Lyes Interred the Body of Lieut. Jeremiah Ripley Husband to Mrs.

Mary Ripley who fell asleep in Jesus March the 10th 1736-7 in the 75th

year of his Age.
Here lies Interred ye Body of Joshua Ripley, Esqr one of His Majestys

Justices for the County of Windham ye husband of Mrs. Hannah

Ripley Departed this Life May the 18, 1739 in ye 81 year of his Age.

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In memory of Mr. Joshua Ripley He Departed this Life Novr 18th 1773 in

ye 86th year of his Age.
In memory of Mr. Joshua Ripley who departed this life Deer 19th A.D. 1787

in ye 62d Year of his Age.
Juliania Ripley Died July 8th 1752 Age 2 years.

Justin Ripley Died Octr 25th 1761 Age 2 years & 9 months
Buried here the children of Mr. Ebnzr Ripley & Mehitable his wife.
In memory of Luther son to Mr. Charles Ripley & Tabitha his Wife he Died

March 18th 1782 in ye 5th year of his Age.
Here lies Interred the Body of Mary Ripley the Well-Beloved & Dutyful

Consort of Lieut. Jeremiah Ripley . . . fell asleep in Jesus Decem-
ber the 4th 1731 in the 61st year of her Age.
In memory of Mary Ripley Daughter to Mr. John and Mrs. Mary Ripley

who died Octr ye 31st A.D. 1743 age 2 months.
In memory of Mary Ripley child of Mr. Jeremiah & Mrs. Abigail Ripley his

wife Died A.D. 1750 [?] Aged 29.
Here Lies ye Body of Mrs. Mary Wife to Mr. Joshua Ripley. She Died

Octr 19th 1770 in ye 78th year of her Age.
In memory of Mrs. Mary Ripley, Relict of Mr. Hezekiah Ripley, who

Departed this Life Novr 17th A.D. 1787 in ye 84th Year of her Age. ...
In memory of Mary Daughr of Mr. Eleazer Ripley Ju'r & Mrs. Anna his

wife, who died August 9th 1806 aged 1 year 11 months & 15 days.
In memory of the Wise Prudent and Well-Beloved Mrs. Miriam Ripley wife

to Mr. Hezekiah Ripley which Departed this Life ... on the 19th day

of Decber A.D. 1744 in the 46th year of her age.
Here Lyes Interred the Body of Mr. Nehemiah Ripley the Well-Beloved son

of Lieut. Jeremiah Ripley of Windham who Dyed Septemr ye 27th 1736

in the 27th year of his age.
In memory of Nehemiah Ripley who died Jan. 19th 1844. Aet 83 Yrs.
In memory of Mr. Peter Ripley who died June the 6th A.D. 1742 aged

41 years.
In memory of the . . . well beloved Phinehas Ripley son to Mr. Joshua &

Mrs. Mary Ripley who fell asleep ... on the 4th day of August 1746

in ye 30th year of his age.
In memory of Polly Daughtr of Maj. John Ripley & Abigail his wife She

Died Novr 22d 1777 Aged 2 years & 20 Days
In memory of Mr. Ralph H. Ripley who died March 30th 1820 aged 30 years.
In memory of Will Bradford Ripley Son of Maj. John Ripley & Abigail his

wife he Died Sept. 15th 1785 aged 1 year 1 month & 1 day.
In memory of Zeline Daughr to Mr. Eleazer & Mrs. Miriam Ripley. She

Died Deer 3d 1775 in ye 12th year of her Age
In memory of Mrs. Achsah Robinson who died Sept. 10, 1825. Aged 83.
The Grave of Caroline A. Robinson Daughter of Jabez & Sarah Robinson

who died May 12, 1825. Aged 3 years & 10 months.
In memory of Mrs. Charlotte wife of Mr. Nath'l Robinson who died June 13th

1819. Aged 55.
In memory of Mrs. Christian wife of Mr. George Robinson who died April

18th 1804 in ye 24th year of her age.
The Grave of Mr. Daniel Robinson Died October 23, 1815. AE. 84.
In memory of Mrs. Deborah wife of Mr. Israel Robinson who died Octr 19th

1793 in ye 88th Year of her Age.
In memory of Mrs. Deborah, wife of Mr. Isaac Robinson who died Novr 29th

1798 in ye 92d year of her Age.
In memory of Mrs. Eunice wife of Mr. Abel Robinson who died Feby 2d 1796

Aged 32 years.
In memory of Mr. Isaac Robinson who died Deer 3d 1796 in ye 89th year

of his Age.

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In memory of Mr. Jonathan Robinson who died March 29, 1849. Aged 89.

A Soldier of the Revolution.
In memory of Mrs. Levina, wife of Mr. Levi Robinson who died Jany 23d,

1814. Aged 54.
Mr. Nathaniel Robinson Died Sept. 27, 1831. Aged 79 Yrs.
In memory of Mrs. Sarah the loving wife of Mr. Israel Robson who died May

ye 4th A.D. 1737 Aetatis 35.
Here Lies ye Body of Simon, son to Mr. Jabez Rous & Mrs. Margaret his wife:

he Died Octr 31st 1775 in ye 2d year of his Age.
In memory of Eli Son of Mr. Eli & Mrs. Lois Rowell who died Sept. 2d 1815

aged 2 years.
In memory of Leonard H. Son of Mr. Eli & Mrs. Lois Rowell who died

April 2d 1816 aged 4 years.
In memory of Mrs. Hannah Sabin widow & relick to Capt. John Sabin late

of Norwich Dest [sic] who died Septr 15th 1757 in ye 67th Year of her

Age.
In memory of Mrs. Sarah Salter wife of Mr. John Salter who departed this

life May 13th 1804 in ye 42d year of her age. . .
In memory of Ardon son of Mr. Azariah & Mrs. Esther Sawyer He died

March 27th 1785 aged 11 months.
In memory of Azariah Sawyer who died Dec. 12, 1824. Aged 74
Dan Sawyer Died October 16, 1825 aged 55.
In memory of Mrs. Delight Sawyer wife of Mr. Methias Sawyer who died

Sept. 10th 1800 in ye 63d year of her age.
In memory of Mr. Elijah Sawyer who died Jany ye 27th 1792 in ye 84th year

of his age.
In memory of Mr. Elijah Sawyer who died Jan. 8, 1833 Aged 44.
In memory of Esther Sawyer wife of Azariah Sawyer died July 29, 1843.

Aged 81.
In memory of Mrs. Fanny Sawyer wife of Mr. Elijah R. Sawyer who died

Feb. 11, 1831 Aged 40.
Also William, died Feb. 18, 1831 AE. 6 mos.
In memory of Mrs. Hannah wife of Mr. Elijah Sawyer who died Novr 13th

1801 in ye 86th year of her age.
Harriet daughter of Azariah & Esther Sawyer died July 18, 1862 aged 65.
Mr. Joseph S. Sawyer died May 27, 1847 Aged 48.
In memory of Juliette Daughr of Mr. Dan & Mrs. Charlotte Sawyer who died

Octr 11th 1796 aged 8 months.
In memory of Mr. Matthias Sawyer who died Deer 1813 in the 70th year of

his age.
In memory of Seymor son of Mr. Azariah & Mrs. Esther Sawyer. He died

July 16, 1789 in ye 3d year of his age.
In memory of Betsey Daughr to Mr. Nathan & Prudence Simons. She Died

Deer 25th 1777 in her 4th year.
In memory of Nathan son of Mr. Nathan Simons & Mrs. Prudence his wife:

he Died Novr 15th 1788 in ye 4th Year of his Age.
In memory of Mr. Nathan Simons, who died February 1, 1834. Aged 85.
In memory of Mrs. Prudence Simons wife of Mr. Nathan Simons who died

March 1,1826. Aged 77.
In memory of Sally Daughr of Mr. Nathan & Mrs. Prudence Simons. She

died Augst 20th 1792 in ye 4th year.
Here lyes the Body of Decon Nathanel Skif who died April 24th in the 79

year of his age. Anno D. 1723.*
In memory of Jemima Skiff 2 daughter of Deacn Nathaniel Skiff. She was

born May 25, 1722 died Jany 29th 1786 in ye 64th Year of her Age.

• Another inscription to the memory of this man reads: "In memory of Deacn
Nathaniel Skiffe who was born at Sandwich March 1645 & died April 24th 1723 in ye
78th year of his age."

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In memory of Mr. Joseph Skiff, who died Deer 18th, 1813 m 94th year of

his age.
In memory of Deacon Nathaniel Skiff who died March 23d 1761 in ye 68th

Year of his Age.
In memory of Mrs. Ruth Skiff, Eldest daughr of Deacon Nathaniel Skiff who

died Deer 3d A.D. 1784 in ye 67th Year of her Age.
In memory of Hannah wife of Deacon Nathaniel Skiffe who Died Augst 21st

A.D. 1775 in ye 83d year of her Age.
In memory of Mrs. Ruth Skiffe 2d wife of Deacn Nathaniel Skiffe & daughtr

of Mr. Francis West who died Deer 31st 1741 in ye 91st year of her age.
In memory of Miss Althea Smith daughr of Mr. Miner & Mrs. Submit Smith

who died Feby 3d 1802 in ye 18th year of her age.
Mrs. Anna Smith widow of Mr. Joshua Smith Died Novr 19, 1843. Aged

71 years.
In memory of Mr. David A. Smith, who died Octr 7th 1817 in the 30 year of

his age.
Delamere Smith died Dec. 9, 1830 in the 35th year of his age.
Here lies ye Body of Lieut. Elisha Smith who died May ye 8th 1714 & in ye

33d year of his age.
John Smith son of Mr. John & Mrs. Priscilla Smith who died May ye 22 1725

& in ye 24th year of his age.
In memory of Mr. Joshua Smith Died September 1, 1821. Aged 51 years.
Laura Smith Daughter of Joshua & Anna Smith died Feby 20, 1826. Aged

14 years.
In memory of Mrs. Love wife of Mr. Joshua Smith who died April 14th 1800

in ye 31st year of her Age.
Mrs. M. Smith relict of Nem'h Smith died Oct. 1836. Aged 73.
In memory of Mrs. Marietta, wife of Mr. David A. Smith, who died Augst

6th, 1815 in the 25th year of her age.
Here lies ye Body of Seth Smith who died June ye 24th 1724 & in ye 23 year

of his age.
Elijah, son of Mr. Thomas & Mrs. Lucy Snow, died Jan. 19, 1814. AE. 17

Years.
In memory of Mr. Thomas Snow, who died May 1, 1828. Aged 81 years.
In memory of Miss Amelia Spafford who died Feb. 4th 1822 aged 38 years.
In memory of Eliphalet son of Mr. Eliphalet Spafford & Mrs. Betsey his wife:

he died April 30th 1786 Aged 5 months & 18 days.
Phinehas Spafford died July 25, 1822 AE. 71

Susannah His Wife died March 20, 1840 AE. 92 yrs & 10 mo's.
In memory of Widow Ann Spalding relict of Capt. Simeon Spalding who died

Augst 29th A.D. 1806 in the 83d year of her age.
Mrs. Jerusha Staniford, relict of Mr. John Staniford died Jany 29, 1830.

Aet 85.
In memory of Mr. John Staniford, who died August 12th A.D. 1811. Aged

74 years.
John Staniford Esq. Died Jan. 7, 1831. Aged 70.
In memory of Mrs. Mary Staniford, wife of Mr. John Staniford who died

Octr 19th, 1813. Aged 59 years.
Thomas Staniford, Col. of the 3d Regiment of Infantry U. S. Army, Born in

Windham, Conn. Feby 12, 1788, died at Cambridge, Md. Feby 3, 1855

Aged 67 years.
In memory of Samuel son to Samuel Stoddard & Hannah his Wife he Died

July 24th 1782 in ye 2d year of his Age.
Here lies the Body of Mrs. Jerusha Stoughton 2nd wife of Mr. Daniel Stough-

ton & Daughter of Mr. John Backus. She lived a sober, virtuous life

and died in hope of ye Mercy of the Lord Jesus to Etearnal life Septr

24th 1744 in ye 40th year of her Age. •

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In memory of Mrs. Rena Stowel, wife of Capt. Ebenezer Stowel, who died

October 7th, 1820 In the 43d year of her age.
Commemorative of Edward Swift Son of the Hon Zephaniah Swift who died

August 15, 1825 Aged 26 years.
In memory of George Swift Son of Zephaniah and Lucretia Swift, who died

Sept. 3d 1796 Aged 8 months.
Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Jerusha Swift Consort of Zephaniah Swift, Esqr.

and Daughter of John Watrous, Esqr who died May 21st 1792 aged 29.
In memory of Mrs. Allathea Taylar wife of Mr. Medad Taylar. She died

Febry 28, 1785 in ye 20th Year of her Age.
In memory of an Infant Daughr of Mr. Medad & Mrs. Alathea Taylor

She died Feby 19th 1783 Aged 2 ours.
In memory of Mrs. Mehetabel Terrill wife of Mr. Levi [?] Terrill who Died

December die 4 A.D. 1744 in the 32d year of her age.
In memory of Miss Rachel Terry Daughr of Mr. Joseph & Mrs. Parthena

Terry late of Lebanon who died Jany 16th 1810 aged 15 years.
In memory of Mrs. Rebecca Tilestone Relict of Capt. John Tilestone of

Boston who died March 31st 1798 in ye 88th Year of her Age.
In memory of Bela son to Capt. Nehemiah Tinker & Mary his wife: he died

Octr 21st 1778 Aged 7 weeks.
The mortal Remains of Capt. Nehemiah Tinker sleep in silence beneath this

Stone: he died March 17th 1783 in ye 42d year of his Age. . . .
Here lies the Body of the Well beloved Mr. Nathaniel Tracey son to Mr.

Stephen Tracey & Mrs. Deborah his wife who died October ye 11th

A.D. 1750 in the [illegible]^ year of his age.
Here Lies ye Body of Mrs. Deborah wife to Mr. Stephen Tracy She Died

Deer 6th 1735 in ye 52th year of her Age.
Mr. Ebenezer Tracy Son of the late Col. Ebe'r Tracy of Lisbon Died June 19th

1822 Aged 42.
Here lies ye Body of Mr. Stephen Tracy he Departed this Life Decmr 19th

1769 in ye 96th year of his Age.
Sacred to the memory of Mr. John Trescott who died Deer 25th 1813 aged

53 years.
Also In memory of Mrs. Phebe wife of Mr. John Trescott who died
March 19th 1798 aged 31 years.
In memory of Ensign Joseph Walden who Died May ye 30th 1755 in ye 61st

Year of his Age.
In memory of Mrs. Dorkes wife of Mr. John Waldon who Died April ye 14th

1748 in ye 87th Year of her Age.
Here lyes ye Body of Abnar Son to Mr. Nathaniel & Mrs. Prudence Wales

who died June ye 10th 1733 in ye third year of his age.
Here lyes ye Body of Abner Wales ye Son of Mr. Nathaniel & Mrs. Prudence

Wales Who Dyed Jenuary 7th 1736/7 in ye 2 year of his Age.
In memory of Elisabeth Daur to Mr. Jonathan Wales & Zibeah his wife.

She Died Nov. 17th 1774 Aged 2 years & 3 Months.
Elisha Smith Wales.

Fradrick Wales.

Lora Wales, Daughr to Nathaniel Wales ye 4th.
Here lyes Interred the Body of Mrs. Esther Wales the Loving & Well Beloved

Consort of Ebenezer Wales, Esqr who died Octr 9th 1737 in ye 35th

year of her Age.
. . . Here Sleeps the Body of George H. Wales who was born Feb. 9, 1818

Departed this Lif e . . . Oct. 6, A.D. 1846.
Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Grace wife of Capt. Nath'iel Wales who died

Janry 31st 1816 in the 78th year of her age.
In memory of Henry Wales son to Mr. Jonathan Wales & Mrs. Zibeah his

wife: he Died Deem ye 25th 1795 in ye 15 year of his Age.

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In memory of Lieut. Jonathan Wales who died Novr 22d 1802 in ye 65th

year of his age.
In memory of Joshua son to Mr. Jonathan Wales & Zibeah his wife: he Died

Augst 17th 1781 Aged 2 years & 4 months.
Here lyes ye Body of Mrs. Mercy late wife to Mr. Nathaniel Wales who died

January ye 20 1726 Aged 29 years.
Nathan Wales died Oct. 23, 1815 aged 59 years.

Rosamond his wife died March 14, 1849 aged 92 Years 7 m.
In memory of Nathaniel son of Nath'l Wales Esqr & Mrs. Prudence his wife

who died January ye 28th AD. 1758 in ye 5th year of his age.
Here lies the Body of Nath'l Wales Esqr. He was Born in Milton May 25,

A.D. 1694. He Dyed Novr 5, 1782 in ye 89th Year of his Age.
In memory of Nathaniel Wales who departed this Life December 22d 1785

in the [illegible] Year of his Age . . . one of the Judges of the Court of

Common Pleas, Chairman of the Committee of Correspondence for the

State, one of the Committee of Safety during the War with Britain;

an Agent of the State & Town & Deacon of the Church & one of the

Selectmen of the Town a number of years.
Sacred to the memory of Capt. Nathaniel Wales who died Novr 13th 1810 in

the 78th year of his age.
Nathaniel Wales 1786-1828.

Nancy Fitch his wife 1785-1842.
In memory of Prudence Daughter of Nathaniel Wales & Mrs. Prudence his

wife who died Novr 30 A.D. 1748 in the 3d year of her age.
In memory of Mrs. Prudence relict of Nathaniel Wales, Esqr. She departed

this life May 15, 1792 in ye 83d Year of her Age.
In memory of Shubel Son to Nathanel Wales Esqr & Mrs. Prudence his wife

who departed this Life June ye 25th 1745 in ye 9th year of his age.
Here lies the Body of Mrs. Susannah wife of Deacon Nathaniel Wales who

died February ye 4 1730 Aged 68 Years.
Here lyes ye Body of Mrs. Susannah Wales Daughter to Mr. Nathaniel &

Mrs. Mary Wales his Wife Who Dyed March the 13th 1737 in the 15th

year of her age.
Here lies ye Body of Timothy Wales who died August ye 15, 1719 & in ye

22 year of his age.
In memory of William Son of Deacon Nathaniel Wales & Mrs. Prudence his

Wife: he Died Nov. 7th 1761 in ye 12th year of his age.
This monument is Erected in memory of Nineteen Children the Offspring of

Nathaniel Wales Junr. Esq & Mrs. Mary his wife. Twelve of the

number Sleep under this Stone, five Inter'd in Middletown & two in

Norwich which ware born & Died between the year 1745 and the year

1766.
In memory of Mr. Andrew Warner, son of Leut. Joseph Warner & Mrs.

Elizabeth his Wife: he Died Novr 24, 1753 in ye 21st year of his

age.
February 26th 1767 Departed this Life Mrs. Elisabeth ye wife of Leut. Joseph

Warner in ye 69th year of her age.
In memory of Mrs. Elizabeth Warner, relict of Mr. Nathaniel Warner, who

died Novr 27th, 1812 in the 90th year of her age.
In memory of Erastus son of Mr. Elnathan & Mrs. Lydia Warner who died

July 24th 1800 in ye 11th year of his age.
Here lies ye body of Ens. Ichabod Warner who died Janr ye 18th 1767 in ye

83d year of his Age.
Septem ye 13th 1767 Departed this Life Leut. Joseph Warner in ye 66th year

of his Age.
Here Lies ye Body of Mrs. Lydia, wife to Mr. William Warner. She De-
parted this Life Augst 8th 1770 in ye 26th year of her Age

210 Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions [July

Janr ye 27th A.D. 1772 Departed this Life Mrs. Lydia Warner, Daughr to

Leut. Joseph & Elisabeth Warner in ye 33d year of her Age.
In memory of Mrs. Lydia Warner, Consort of Mr. Elnathan Warner, who

died Feby 28th, 1814 in the 57th year of her age.
Here lies ye body of Mrs. Mary wife of Ens. Ichabod Warner She died Apr.

ye 20th 1747 in ye 57th year of her Age.
In memory of Mrs. Mary Warner wife of Capt. William Warner who died

June 31st [sic] 1793 in ye 53d year of her Age.
In memory of Mrs. Naomi Warner. She Died May 12th 1780 in ye 44th

year of her Age.
This monument is erected in memory of Mr. Nathaniel Warner who died

April 12th, 1807 in the 86th year of his age.
In memory of Mr. Nathaniel Warner, who died August 2, 1827. Aged 73.
Died March 12, 1823, Mrs. Phelina Warner, wife of Mr. Elnathan Warner,

in the 51st year of her age.
This monument is erected sacred to the memory of Capt. Warner who died

10th July A.D. 1799 in ye 70th year of his Age.
In memory of Mrs. Mary Warren Consort of Mr. Nath'iel Warren who died

Octr 28th 1815 aged 72 years.
This monument is erected Sacred to the memory of Mr. Nathaniel Warren

who was born at Watertown, Massachusetts March 22d 1728 and died

very suddenly on the Evening of the 29th of May 1800 in ye 73d year

of his Age.
The Grave of Mrs. Ruth relict of Mr. Ezekiel Waterman of Franklin she died

May 9th 1819 Aged 83 years.
In memory of That Worthy and well beloved Dacon Nathanael Weals ob.

June ye 22, A.D. 1744 Aetatis 83.
The Grave of Chloe E. Webb wife of Samuel Webb & daughter of Ebenezer

Hyde of Norwich Died August 5, 1819 In the 30th year of her age.
In memory of Eleazer W. Webb Son of Mr. Joel & Mrs. Caroline Webb who

died April 14th 1794 in ye 3d Year of his Age.
The Grave of Mr. Joel Webb a Soldier of the Revolution who fought at

Bunker hill Died March 4, 1825 Aged 76 years.
Mrs. Caroline Webb his wife Died Sept. 13, 1825 Aged 67 years.
Deborah Webb Died July 19, 1818 Aged 34 years.
Nathaniel Webb Died Aug. 14, 1824 Aged 37 years.
Eleazer W. Webb Died Octr 27, 1839 Aged 41 years.
Sarah Webb Died March 11, 1842 Aged 56 years.
Sons & Daughters of Mr. Joel & Mrs. Caroline Webb.
In memory of Mrs. Mary Webb, the Late Loving & Well-Beloved consort

of Mr. Samuel Webb who departed this Life on the 21 Day of Decem-
ber A.D. 1744 in the 81st year of her Age.
Here Lies the Body of Mr. Nath'll Webb who Died Sept. ye 19th 1750 in ye

55th Year of his Age.
Hon. Peter Webb obt. 1832 AE. 76.

Mrs. Tamesin Webb Obt. March 21, 1834. AE. 73.
In memory of Prudence daughter to Mr. Abner & Mrs. Prudence Webb.

She died Feby 26th 1789 in her 2d year.
In memory of Mr. Samuel Webb the Late Loveing and Well-beloved consort

of Mrs. Mary Webb. He Departed this Life February the 20th A.D.

1738-9 in the 79th year of his age.
In memory of Mr. Samuel Webb who died Novr 11th 1801 in ye 81st year of

his Age.
Samuel Webb Died July 30, 1858 aged 69 years.
In memory of Samuel H. Son of Samuel & Chloe Webb who died April 11th

1814 aged 1 year & 8 months.

[To be continued]

1917] Vital Records of Saw and Biddeford, Me. 211

EARLY VITAL RECORDS OF SACO .
AND BIDDEFORD, ME.

Communicated by Edgar Yates, A*B., of Boston, Mass.
[Concluded from page 133]

Nicholas Edgcomb the Son of Robert & Sarah Edgcomb was Born March 13

1741 *
James the Son of James and Margrett Pratt was Born July 27 1740
Elisabeth Gray, Mary Gray, Olive Gray Daughters to John and Elisabeth
Gray, the S d John Gray Esq r came into New England with his Excel-
lency Samuel Shute Esqr i n ye year 1716. Elisabeth Gray was Born the
3rd of August 1727, Mary Gray was Born December 23 1728 & Olive
Gray was Bom ye 6th f February 1730, the S d John Gray Esqr being
the Son of Joseph Gray citizen and raetter of London by Occupation a
Linning Draper in Said city. I desire youll Record my children In ye
form I now Send you Nov 23 1742 John Gray
John Bradbury the Son of Chrisp Bradbury and Mary Bradbury was Bora

the eleaventh of October 1738
Elisabeth Bradbury the Daughter of Chrisp & Mary Bradbury was Born

January the fifth Anno Dom 1740 f
Thankfull Releaf the Daughter of Henry and Deborah Pendexter was Born

Sept 15th 1742
Benjamin the Son of Edward and Abigail Prockter was Born Sep. 22 1739
Joseph the Son of Edward and Abigail Prockter was Born February the 12*

1741
Olive the Daughter of Rishw and Abigail Jordan was Born Aprill 14 1743
Jabesh the Son of Thomas & Sarah Bradbury was Born April 22 1749
John the Son of John & Rebeckah Smith was Born June 18 1743
Sarah the Daughter of Richard and Rachel Clay was Born Aprill 27 1743
Nathaniel the Son of Nathaniel & Hannah Whitney was Born March 22 1735
Hannah the Daughter of Nathaniel & Hannah Whitney was Born November

15 1736
Moses the Son of Nathaniel and Hannah Whitney was Born March 17 1739
Aaron the Son of Nathaniel & Hannah Whitney was Born June 7 1741
Miriam the Daughter of Nathaniel & Hannah Whitney was Born Jan. 15 1743
Thomas the Son of Joshua & Elisabeth Hupper was Born Jan. 11 1735
Joshua the Son of Joshua and Elisabeth Hooper was Born Nov. 19 1740
Benjamin the Son of Joshua & Elisabeth Hooper was Born July 2 1743
Abiel the Daughter of Ebenezer Hill and Joanna Hill was Born April 29 1737
Mary the Daughter of Ebenezer and Joanna Hill was Born April i 1739
Joshua the Son of Ebenez* & Joanna Hill was Born Apri 25 1742
Elisabeth the Daughter of Ebenezr & Joanna Hul was Born May 9 1744
Nathan the Son of Nathan and Lydia Whitney was Born April 30th 1742
Matthias the Son of Nathan & Lydia Whitney was Born March the 8* 1743
Abigail the Daughter of Rishworth & Abigail Jordan was Born Aprill 3 rd 1745
Sarah the Daughter of Chrisp Bradbury & Mary Bradbury was Born Feb. 10

1744
Brian the Son of Pendleton & Hannah Fletcher was Born November the sixth

1744
Roger the Son of John & Elisabeth Fletcher was Born Aprill the seventh 1739

* This entry and each of the following entries are attested by Rishworth Jordan,
town clerk from 1741 to 1780.

t The year here given, 1740, should be 1742. The church records read: "Baptized
• January 23 1742 Elizabeth daughter of Chrisp and Mary Bradbury," and a daughter
Mary is recorded as born to these parents 16 Aug. 1740 (.vide supra, p. 132).

vol. lxxx. 14

212 Vital Records of Saco and Biddeford, Me. [July

Stephen Stimson the Son of John & Elisabeth Fletcher was Born Augt 15 1742
Susannah the Daughter of John & Elisabeth Fletcher was Bom May 2 1744
Sarah the Daughter of Samuel and Sarah Dennitt was Born June the 13th 1743
Nicholas the Son of Samuel & Sarah Dennitt Was Born June 1745
Dominicus the Son of Dominicus and Rebeckah Scamman was Bom February

the 7 1743
Elisabeth the Daughter of Dominicus and Rebeckah Scamman was Born

January the Eleaventh 1744
Rebeckah the Daughter of Theophelus & Olive Smith was Born March 15 1741
Sally Olive the Daughter of Theophelus & Olive Smith was Born March 11

1743
Margret the Daughter of Theophelus & Olive Smith was Born Augt 30th 1745
Gibins the Son of Thomas & Sarah Edgcomb was Born May the Ninth Anno

Domini 1743
Robert the Son of Thomas & Sarah Edgcomb was Born Octob' the Twenty

Seventh Anno Domini 1745
Samuel Jordan, the Son of the Revd Mr Moses Morrill and Hannah Morrill

- was Born December the Seventh Anno Domini 1744
John the Son of ye Revd Mr Moses Morrill and Hannah Morrill was Born Nov 1

19th 1746
Willard the Son of Edward and Abigail Prockter was Born October 6 th 1744
John the Son of Edward and Abigail Prockter was Born July 13th 1747
Jeremiah the Son of Jeremiah and Mary Hill was Born Aprill the Thirtyeth

Anno Domini 1747
Marsa the Daughter of Thomas and Sarah Bradbury was Born January 29th

Anno Domini 1746
Daniel the Son of Richard and Rachel Clay was Born July 12th 1745
Jonathan the Son of Richard and Rachel Clay was Born June 4 1747
Sarah the Daughter of Rishworth and Abigail Jordan was Born May 18*

Anno Domini 1747
Hannah the Daughter of James Smith and Hannah Smith was Born December

12 1742
Elisha the Son of James and Hannah Smith was Born September the Fifteenth

Anno Domini 1744
Nathaniel Elliot the Son of James and Hannah Smith was Born Feb 1 the 2d

1746
Abigail the Daughter of Job Roberts and Sarah Roberts was Born January

the 12* 1746
Lydia the Daughter of Frances Beatte and Mary Beatte was Born the Six-
teenth of January 1748
James the Son of John Stackpole ju r and Bethiah Stackpole was Born Novem-
ber 14th 1732
Phebe the Daughter of the S d Stackpole^ was Born Decemb* 16*h 1734
Hannah the Daughter of the aforesd Stackpole" was Born March 6th 1736
John the Son of the aforesd Stackpole & wife was Born Septembr 28 1739
Sarah the Daughter of the aforesd Stackpole & wife was Born Feb 16 1741
Andrew the Son of the Sd Stackpole & Sd wife was Born March 28th 1745
Joseph Young the Son of ye aforesd Stackpole & his S d wife was Born Augst

28«»» 1747
Elisabeth the Daughter of the aforesd Stackpole & his S d wife was Born

Decembr 17 1749
Sible the Son of Henry Pendexter and Dobarah Pendexter was Born Octob 1

14th 1744
Barsheba the Daughter of Henry Pendexter and Doborah Pendexter was

Born September the 10th 1746
Elisabeth the Daughter of Rishworth Jordan & Abigail Jordan was Born the

19th of September 1749

1917] Vital Records of Saco and Biddeford, Me. 213

William the Son of William and Elisabeth Cole was Born November the 22d

1740
Jeremiah the Son of William and Elisabeth Cole was Bom August 28 1742
Olive the Daughter of William and Elisabeth Cole was born September 19

1744
Benjamin the Son of William and Elisabeth Cole was Born November 29th

1746
Nathaniel the Son of William and Elisabeth was Born December 12th 1748
Jabesh the Son of Thomas and Sarah Bradbury was Born Aprill 22 1749 and

Died May 10th 1749
Olive the Daughter of John Davis ju* and Mary Davis was Born Apri 28th

1745
Elisabeth the Daughter of John & Mary Davis was Born December 17th 1746
Elene°r the Daughter of John & Mary Davis was Born October 14 1748
Margret the Daughter of Andrew Stackpole & Mary Stackpole was Born

February the Ninth Anno Do mini 1748
Sarah the Daughter of Joseph Elwell and Elisabeth Elwell was Born Sep' 17

1730 -
Elisabeth the Daughter of Joseph and Elisabeth Elwell was Born June 28 1731
Benjamin the Son of Joseph & Elisabeth Elwell was Born Nov* 10 1733
Joseph the Son Of Joseph Elwell was Born Octob* 2 1734
Mary the Daughter of Joseph and Elisabeth Elwell was Born September 13*

1737
Robert the Son of Joseph and Elisabeth Elwell was Born March ye 10 1739
Sarah the Daughter of Joseph and Elisabeth Elwell was Born Novr 13 1743
John the Son of Joseph and Elisabeth Elwell was Born Aug** 10 1746
Rachel the Daughter of William and Rachel Haly was Born February the

27th 1747
John the Son of William and Rachel Haly was Born the Sixteenth of Novem-
ber 1749
Martha the Daughter of John and Ruth Elden ju r was Born October the

fourteenth 1748
Gideon the Son of John and Mary Davis ju* was Born February the fourteenth

Anno Domini 1749
Margarit Smith the Dafter of Theophilus & Olive Smith was Born August

30th 1745
Molley Smith the Daughter of Theophilus & Olive Smith was Born August

27<h 1750
Ephraim Stimson the Son of Richard & Elisabeth Stimson was Born Decern'

ye 10 1717
Richard Stimson the Son of Ephraim & Mary Stimson was Born Aprill 22 1745
Stimson the Daughter of ye Sd Ephraim & Mary Stimson was Born

Aprill 22nd 1747 *
Sarah the Daughter of Ephraim & Mary was Born July 26* 1750
Patience the Daughter of Nathaniel Whitney & Hannah was Born May 11th

1748
Hipziba the Daughter of Sd Nathaniel & Hannah was Born Aug* 29*h 1750
Elisabeth the Daughter of Jacob & Elisabeth Davis was Born Aprill 26th 1740
Ruth the Daughter of Sd Jacob & Elisabeth was Born May 8 1742
John Griffin the Son of Jacob & Elisabeth aforesd was Born July 21st 1747
Mary the Daughter of the aforesd Jacob & Elisabeth was Born July 26 1750
Nathaniel the Son of Jeremiah Hill & Mpry Hill was Born December the

fourth 1748
Lydia the Daughter of Jeremiah & Mary Hill was Born March the Sixth 1750
John Smith the Son of John & Rebeckah Smith was Born June 18 1743
Sarah the Daughter of Sd John & was Born June 28* 1745

* A daughter named Elizabeth was baptized 21 June 1747.

214 Vital Records of Saco and Biddeford, Me. [July

Rebeckah the Daughter of ye Sd John & Rebeckah was Bom January the 22<*

1748
Samuel the Son of ye Sd John & Rebeckah was Born June the 7th 1750
Esther Duer the Daughter of Robin & Margret Duer was Born October 6 th 1748
William the Son of Elisha & Sarah Allen was Born August 14 1745
Jeremiah the Son of sd Elisha & Sarah was Born the 23 Decemb* 1747
Dorothy the Daughter of the s d Elisha & Sarah was Born March 23 1750
Jacob the Son of ye sd Elisha & Sarah was Born April 18th 1752
Mary the Daughter of Rishworth Jordan & Abigail Jordan was Born the

Twenty fifth of December Anno Domini 1751
Nathan the Son of Nathan Whitney & Lydia Whitney was Born Apri 30 1742
Matthias the Daughter [sic] of the sd Nathan Whitney was Born March the

12th 1744
John the Son of the sd Nathan & Lydia Whitney was Born Apri 4 1747
Anna the Daughter of Nathan Whitney & Elisabeth Whitney was Born Sept

5th 1749
Ebenezer the Son of the sd Nathan & Elisabeth was Born July 30 1751
Joseph the Son of Benjamin Gutteredge & Sarah Gutteredge was Born

November the tenth 1751
Benjamin the Son of the aforesd Benj. & Sarah was Born May 19th 1753
John Dealing the Son of John Dealing and Eunis Dealing was Born Septem-
ber 10 1753
Samuel the Son of Samuel Jordan and Mercy Jordan was Born May 23 1752
Melatiah the Son of Samuel Jordan & Mercy Jordan was Born December 2

1753
Robert Edgcomb the Son of Benjamin Nason & Jemima Nason was Born

January the Thirtyeth 1749
Benjamin the Son of the sd Benjamin Nason & Jemima Nason was Born Apr"

Sixteenth day of 1751
Edward the Son of the sd Benjamin Nason & Jemima Nason was Born March

the Twenty fourth 1753
Robert the Son of William Haly and Rachel Haly was Born Augst 7th 1752
Joanna the Daughter of David Martyn and Joanna Martyn was Born August

the Twenty seventh 1750
Anna the Daughter of John Hurly and Mary Hurly was Born April 28th 1750
John the Son of the sd John & Mary Hurly was Born December 4th 1752
Rishworth the Son of Rishworth & Abigail Jordan was Born the Fourteenth

of April 1754
Joseph the Son of Jacob & Elisabeth Davis was Born September lOth 1753
Rachel the Daughter of Richard & Rachel Clay was Born May 10th 1748
Thomas the Son of Richard & Rachel Clay was Born December 5th 1750
Benjamin the Son of Richard & Rachel Clay was Born June 7 1753
Elisabeth the Daughter of Eleazer & Elisabeth Kimbal was Born July 12 1749
Hannah the Daughter of Eleazer & Elisabeth Kimbal was Born February 19th

1750
Joanna the Daughter of John and Hannah Farrin was Born January 14 1753
Elisabeth the Daughter of John & Hannah Farrin was Born June 21st 1754
Margreat & Charity the Daughters of William & Rachel Haly Born March 10

1755
Joseph Gillpatrick the Son of Thomas Gillpatrick y was Born October the

08th 1741
Margeret Gillpatrick the Daughter of Thomas Gillpatrick jr & Margeret Gill-
patrick was Born February 17th 1742
Robert Gillpatrick the Son of Thomas Gillpatrick jur & Elisabeth Gillpatrick

was Born January the 4th 1744
Elisabeth Gillpatrick the Daughter of Thomas Gillpatrick j"* and Elisabeth

Gillpatrick was Born December the Twenty third 1746

1917] Vital Records of Saco and Biddeford, Me. 215

Martha Gillpatrick the Daughter of Thomas Gillpatrick j" and Elisabeth

Gfflpatrick was Born April 30 1748
Thomas Gillpatrick the Son of Thomas Gillpatrick j" & Elisabeth Gillpatrick

was Born April 27th 1750
Benjn Gillpatrick the Son of Thomas Gillpatrick jur and Elisabeth Gillpatrick

was Born June 29th 1752
Mary Gillpatrick the Daughter of Thos Gillpatrick jur & Elisabeth Gillpatrick

was Born February 16th 1756
Elisabeth the Daughter of Timothy Davis and Margeret Davis was Born

April the 15th 1750
John the Son of the sd Timothy Davis and Margeret was Born July 2d 1753
Mary the Daughter of the Sd Timothy Davis and Margeret Davis was Born

August 29 1755
Stephen the Son of Isaac Whitney and Sarah Whitney was Born March 19th

1755
Jonathan the Son of Isaac Whitney and Sarah Whitney was Born February

the 9th 1757
Hannah Stackpole the Daughter of James Stackpole and Abiel Stackpole was

Born September ye 19th 1755
Joseph Stackpole Son of James and Abiel Stackpole was Born February ye

13th Day 1757
Phebe Stackpole the Daughter of James Stackpole and Abiel Stackpole was

Born March ye 20th 1759
Samuel the Son of James Stackpole and Abiel Stackpole was Born May the

first Day 1761
Joseph Drinkwater the Son of Thorns Drinkwater and Margrett Drinkwater

Born February ye 24th 1767
Sarah Drinkwater the Daughter of Thorns and Margrett Drinkwater Born

January ye 16th 1769
Mary Drinkwater the Daughter of Thorns and Margrett Drinkwater Born

November 16th 1770
Joseph Hill the Son of Jeremiah Hill and Mary Hill was Born the Seventh

Day of April 1753
John Hill the Son of the Said Jeremiah and Mary Hill was Born April 17th

1754
Daniel Hill Son of the Said Jeremiah and Mary Hill was Born July 6th 1756
Hannah Hill Daughter of Jeremiah Hill and Mary Hill was Born September

2d 1758
Rebeckah Hill Daughter of the Said Jeremiah & Mary Hill was Born Novemb*

13th 1760
Anna Hill Daughter of the Said Jeremiah & Mary Hill was Born March 7 1763
Jane the Daughter of Rishworth & Abigail Jordan was Born November 29th

1756*
Joseph the Son of Rishworth & Abigail Jordan was Born February 7th 1759
Samuel the Son of Rishworth & Abigail Jordan was Born September 1st 1761
Ralph Tristram the Son of Rishworth & Abigail Jordan was Born November

2d 1764
John the Son of John & Bethier Brooks was Born January 19 1751
John the Son of John and Hannah Farrin was Born November the fourth day

1755
Thomas the Son of John and Hannah Farrin was Born February the fifteenth

1757

• On the inside of the cover, at the end of the second book, several birth entries are
dimly to be seen through a cloth facing, with which the binding has been reenforced.
The official copy of the book, made in 1859 by the city clerk, in which the birth entries
are arranged by families, contains this and the next nine entries; and it is probable that
they are the entries which are now covered with the cloth reenforcement.

216 Vital Records of Saco and Biddeford, Me. [July

Eunice the Daughter of James and Abiel Stackpole was Born May 7 1763
James the Son of James and Abiel Stackpole was Born May 28 1769
Mary the Daughter of James and Abiel Stackpole was Born February 10th
1772

Robert Elwell Deceased December the twenty eighth 1748

Jabesh the Son of Thomas & Sarah Bradbury Deceased May 10 1749

Nov* 24th 1742 Then were Married John Davis Junr and Amme Sand both

of Biddeford By me Moses Morrill Clerk
January 17 1743 Then were Married Samuel Fletcher & Mary Carr both of

Biddeford 1$ me Moses Morrill Clerk
January 26 1743 Then were Married Benp Hupper and Lydia Smith both

of Biddeford ^ me Moses Morrill Clerk
March 1 1743 Then were Married the Revd Mr Thomas Smith of Falmouth

and Mrs Olive Jordan of Biddeford *$ me Mose"s Morrill Clerk
March 28 1743 Then were Married Thomas Pennell and Hannah Brooks

fj Moses Morrill Clerk
* July 28 1743 Then were Married John Gray and Jane Patten both of Bidde-
ford ^ me Moses Morrill Clerk
August 1743 Then were Married Abraham Tyler of Scarborough &

Elizabeth Brown of Biddeford ^ me Moses Morrill Clerk
August 18 1743 Then were Married Joseph Fletcher and Mary Smith both

of Biddeford *$ me Moses Morrill Clerk
Nov* 17 1743 Then were Married Abraham Townsend and Elizabeth Libbe

both of Biddeford ^ me Moses Morrill Clerk
Nov* 22 1743 Then were Married Andrew Stackpole and Mary Davis both

of Biddeford ^ Moses Morrill Clerk
The Revd Mr Moses Morrill and M" Hannah Jordan were lawfully Joined in

Marriage by the subscriber at Biddeford Deer 1 1743 W m Thompson

Samuel Scamman & Elisabeth Stimson both of Biddeford Intend Marriage
Biddeford Sept 5 1741

Clemment Hooper & Olive Welch both of Biddeford Intend Marriage Bidde-
ford Sept 5 1741

John Scamman of Biddeford & Hannah Foster of Scarborough Intend Mar-
riage Biddeford Sept 26th 1741

James Smith & Hannah Ellet both of Biddeford Intend Marriage Bidde-
ford Oct 3d 1741

Amas Chaise & Sarah Cole both of Biddeford Intend Marriage Biddeford
Nov 21* 1741 .

Thomas Dyer of Biddeford & Elisabeth Melcher of Arundel Intend Marriage
Biddeford Nov 28 1741

Benj Sawyer & Olive Welch both of Biddeford Intend Marriage Biddeford
March 28th 1742

Rishworth Jordan of Biddeford & Abigail Gerrish of Kittery Intend Marriage
Biddeford Apri 4 1742

Samuel Davis and Mary Crofford both of Biddeford Intend Marriage Bid-
deford May 1742

Obadiah Emery and Sarah Dyer both of Biddeford Intend Marriage Bid-
deford June 19 1742

John Patten and Mary Meins both of Biddeford Intend Marriage Bidde-
ford June 19 1742

Caleb Evens and Margret Pratt both of Biddeford Intend Marriage Bidde-
ford June 19th 1742

Roger Smith and Mary Jordan both of Biddeford Intend Marr August
1742

Samuel Dennet of Biddeford and Sarah Frost of Kittery Intend Marriage
Sept • 1742

1917] Vital Records of Saco and Biddeford, Me. 217

John Davis & Anne Sands both of Biddeford Intend Marriage Biddeford
Nov 1742

Tho Pennell and Hannah Brooks both of Biddeford Intend Marriage Bid-
deford Mar 1742

Stephen Hussey and Unice Baxter both of Biddeford Intend Marriage
1743

John Gray and Jane Patten both of Biddeford Intend Marriage 1743

Ephraim Sands and Elisabeth Joans both of Biddeford Intend Marriage
1743

Abraham Tyler of Scarborough and Elisabeth Brown of Biddeford Intend
Marriage July 1743

Joseph Fletcher and Mary Smith both of Biddeford Intend Marriage July
1743

Ephraim Stimson and Mary Sand both of Biddeford Intend Marriage
1743

Thomas GillPatrick jur and Elizabeth Slemmons of Falmouth Intend Mar-
riage 1743

Abraham- Townsend and Elizabeth Libbe both of Biddeford Intend Mar-
riage 1743

Andrew Stackpole and Mary Davis both of Biddeford Intend Marriage
1743

Samuel Fletcher and Mary Carr both of Biddeford Intend Marriage 1743
January 1st

John Tarbox and Abigail Webber Intend Marriage Feby 4 1743

The Revd Mr Thos Smith and Mrs Olive Jordan Intend Marriage Feb 4
1743

Paul Shackford and Sarah Day both of Biddeford Intend Marriage March
3d 1743

Mr Richard Elvin of Scarborough and Mra Abigail Willard of Biddef Intend
Marriage Oct 28 1744 )

Mr Ezeakel Cushing of Falmouth and Mrs Elisabeth Gray of Biddeford
Int Marriage July 5 1745

Job Roberts and Sarah Tarbox both of Biddeford Intend Marriage July 5
1745

Jeremiah Hill and Mary Smith both of Biddeford Intend Marriage 1746
July 20th

James Willard of Scarborough and Olive Sawyer Intend Marriage 1746
August 26

William Haly and Rachel Edgcomb both of Biddeford Intend Marriage
Octr 26 1746

Haven Tarbox and Meriam Dansey both of Biddeford Intend Marriage

1746 Nov 6

Joseph Haly and Sarah Melcher Intend Marriage 1746 December 5th
James Berry of Biddeford and Mary Donnell of York Intend Marriage

1747
John Elden and Ruth Sand both of Biddeford Intend Marriage 1747

December 2d
Benj Nason and Jemima Edgcomb both of Biddeford Intend Marriage

1747 Decmb 4th

John Murch and Elizabeth Emery both of Biddeford Intend Marriage 1747

February 15th
Benj Gooch and Deborah Murch both of Biddeford Intend Marriage 1747

July 2d .

Robert Gray of Biddeford and Elisabeth Elder Intend Marriage 1747
James Moore of Biddeford and Hannah Stover of York Intend Marriage

1747
John Briant and Mary McClucas both of Biddeford Intend Marriage 1748

July 2d

218 Vital Records of Saco and Biddeford, Me. [July

John McClucas of Biddeford and Lydia Webber of York Intend Marriage

1748 September 15*
Nathan Whitney and Elisabeth Melcher both of Biddeford Intend Marriage

1748 October 6th
Moses Farrin and Mary Sheaperd Intend Marriage 1748 Septemb 6th
Talor Gray and Anna Sheaperd both of Biddeford Intend Marriage 1748

Decemb 4
Eleazar Kimbal of Biddeford and Elisabeth Seave Intend Marriage 1748

Nov 2d
Josiah Davis of Biddeford and Susanna Webber of Wells Intend Marriage

1748
SamuU Donnell of Biddeford and Mary Ingraham of York Intend Marriage

1748 Nov* 20th

John Meins of Biddeford and Johnson of Falmouth Intend Marriage

1748
Matthias Bidlon and Rachel Edgcomb both of Biddeford Intend Marriage

1748 Decembr 0th

Joshua Woodman of Newbury and Ellis Stimson of Biddeford Intend Mar-
riage 1748 May 5th

Brian Fletcher and Anna Young both of Biddeford Intend Marriage 1748
March 15th

Walter Murch and Hannah Duren both of Biddeford Intend Marriage Api
1749

SamuH Warren and Sarah Gray both of Biddeford Intend Marriage 1749
April 20*

William Patten of Biddeford and Eleanor M<=Ferlin of Brunswick Intend Mar-
riage Augt 1749

John Ridlon and Sarah Brook both of Biddeford Intend Marriage Sep 28
1749

Thomas Meins of Biddeford and Ellis of Brunswk Intend Marriage

Oct 1749

Tristram Jordan of Biddeford and Hannah Goodwin of Berwk Intend Mar-
riage Octobr 1749

Nathan Woodman of Newbury and Olive Gray of Biddeford Intend Marriage
Octobr 28th 1749

John Moore and Sarah Wilds of Biddeford Intend Marriage 1749 February
20th

Joshua GillPartrick and Elisabeth Smith both of Biddeford Intend Marriage

1749 February 10th

Timothy Davis and Margret Davis both of Biddeford Intend Marriage

1749 January 29th

Jeremiah GillPartrick and Sarah Hooper both of Biddeford Intend Marriage
1749

Ebenezer Brawn & Abigail Brown both of Biddeford Intend Marriage 1749
February 26th

John Brook of Biddeford and Bethier Brown Intend Marriage Octobr 10
1750

Christopher GillPartrick and Jane Elliot Intend Marriage Augt 12 1750

David Hutchens of Arundel & Lydia Gillpatrick of Biddeford Intend Mar-
riage March 1 1750

Benjn Nason and Betty Smith both of Biddeford Intend Marriage July 3
1750

Samuel Jordan of Biddeford & Mary Brown of Barnstable Intend Marriage

1750 March 2d day

John Corson & Christan Favour both of Biddeford Intend Marriage 1750

February 5th
Benj Gutteridge & Sarah Donell both of Biddeford Intend Marriage 1751

July 7*

1917] Vital Records of Saco and Biddeford, Me. 219

Isaac Gillpartrick & Mary Jameson both of Biddeford Intend Marriage
1751

John Donell & Hannah Murch both of Biddeford Intend Marriage 1752
March 15*

Josiah Stimson & Sarah Phillips both of Biddeford Intend Marriage 1752
March 15 th

Samuel Harris & Susannah Joy both of Biddeford Intend Marriage 1752
March 28

Joshua Maddox and Susanna Auston both of Biddeford Intend Marriage

Abraham Hilton & Dorithy Linze both of Biddeford Intend Marriage Nov
2d 1753

John Bae & Mary Patten both of Biddeford Intend Marriage Nov* 9 1753

Benj Couzens of Wells and Hannah Stimson of Biddeford Intend Marriage
1753 Novemb 6*

Ebenezr Ayer and Hannah Scammon both of Biddeford Intend Marriage
May 3d 1754

Benjmn Emery j* & Deborah Phillips Intend Marriage May 1754

Joseph Cousens of Wells and Hannah Edgcomb Intend Marriage June
28th 1754
■ Jonathan Rumery & Mary Duren both of Biddeford Intend Marriage June
291754

Joseph Hilton and Hannah Joy, both of Biddeford Intend Marriage Aug*
10 1754

Samuel Iinset and Olive Emery both of Saco Trkhouse Intend Marriage
Sept 10 1754

Mathew Patten of Biddeford and Susannah Dennen Brunswick Intend Mar-
riage Octob 1754

Joseph Banks and Hannah Stackpole both of Biddeford Intend Marriage
Novembr 11 1754

Daniel Ridlon and Patience Sands both of Biddeford Intend Marriage
; Octob 28 1754

James Stackpole & Abiel Hill both of Biddeford Intend Marriage Nov 17*
1754

James Staples & Mary Gray both of Biddeford Intend Marriage January
2d 1755

John Donnell of Biddeford & Abigail Gutteredge of Berwick Intend Marriage
1754

David Smkler & Abigail Gray both of Biddeford Intend Marriage January
1755

Jonathan Smith of Biddeford & Charity Hoopper of Berwick Intend Marriage
Nov 6 1754

Nathaniel Lad of Falmouth and Rebeckah Smith of Biddeford Intend Mar-
riage April 29* 1755

Henry Pendexter jun and Sarah Sheaperd both of Biddeford Intend Marriage
Augtl0*1755

Doneld Commens & Elisabeth Cole both of Biddeford Intend Marriage
Decembr 14 1755

John Briant jun of Biddeford and Hannah Crockett of Falmouth Intend Mar-
riage January 1756

Isaac Hankock of Narragansett and Joanna Lane of Biddeford Intend Mar-
riage Nov 28* 1756

Daniel Smith and Mary Tarbox of Biddeford Intend Marriage 1756 Feb-
ruary 10*

William Gutteredge & Mary Fletcher both of Biddeford Intend Marriage
1756 October 20*

Joseph Tarbox jun of Biddeford & Betty Woodman of Narragansett Intend
Marriage 1756 l«t Sept

220 Vital Records of Saco and Biddeford, Me. [July

Timothy Hodgdon of Biddeford and Lydia Hussey of Somersworth Intend
Marriage 1757

John Cole of Narragansett and Elisabeth Elwell of Biddeford Intend Marriage
June 28th 1757

Elisha Staples & Sarah Tarbox both of Biddeford Intend Marriage Aug 27
1757

John Millar & Dorcas Adams both of Biddeford Intend Marriage 1756
Decembr20th

James Edgcomb of Biddeford Eliane Thompson Intend Marriage 1756

Jeremiah Brown jun and Margaret Patterson both of Biddeford Intend Mar-
riage Nov 2d 1757

Taylor Gray and Tabitha Murch both of Biddeford Intend Marriage
Decembr 3d 1757

Andrew Gordan of Biddeford and Marthew Whitten of Arundel Intend Mar-
riage Decembr 3d 1757

Samuel Hill Esq* of Biddeford and Mrs Elisabeth Shaply of Kittery Intend
Marriage March 20 1758

Joseph Dyer of Biddeford and Hipsabeth Ross of Arundel Intend Marriage
March 25 1758

Thomas Rumery & Charity Edgcomb both of Biddeford Intend Marriage
January 28th 1758

Nicholas Smith & Lydia Banks of Biddeford Intend Marriage August 10
1758

William Rumery & Rebeccah Auston both of Biddeford Intend Marriage
Septembr 10th 1758

Edward Smith & Abigail Murch both of Biddeford Intend Marriage Octo-
ber 15th 1758

Walter Murch of Biddeford and Jerusha Brown of Ghoreham Town Intend
Marriage October 10th 1758

Edward Smith ju* and Anna Poake both of Biddeford Intend Marriage
October 23d 1758

James Jameson and Elinor Cambel both of Biddeford Intend Marriage
October 23d 1758

William Jameson and Jane Meins both of Biddeford Intend Marriage
Decenbr 29th 1758

Stephen Young and Jerusha Smith both of Biddeford Intend Marriage July
12th 1759

Jerathewell Briant & Sarah M^Lucas both of Biddeford Intend Marriage

Sept 4 1759
Jeremiah Ridlon and Bethisda Thompson both of Biddeford Intend Marriage

March 1st 1760
Samuel Murch & Deborah Emery of Biddeford Intend Marriage January

1760
Edward Rumery jur & Elisabeth Hooper both of Biddeford Intend Marriage

1760
Paul Pendexter & Hannah Murch both of Biddeford Intend Marriage May

29 1760
Daniel Smith and Susannah Haley both of Biddeford Intend Marriage

June 5 1760
Benj amin Staples & Hannah Haley both of Biddeford Intend marriage

Sept 3d 1760
Thomas Gillpatrick Ters of Biddeford and Hipzabeth Demsey of Arundel

Intend Marriage Sept 3d 1760
Benjamin Hill and Elisabeth Gillpatrick both of Biddeford Intend Marriage

Sept 3 1760
Benjamin Tarbox & Hannah Smith both of Biddeford Intend Marriage

February 1761

1917] Vital Records of Saco and Biddeford, Me. 221

Abraham Ridlon & Sarah Clark both of Biddeford Intend Marriage
William Googins & Lydia Smith both of Biddeford Intend Marriage Feb-
ruary 25 1761
Webster Simpson and Lucreshy Dyer both of Biddeford Intend Marriage

February 1st 1761
Samuel Banks & Pheba Stackpole both of Biddeford Intend Marriage

March 1st 1761
Isaac Curtis of Biddeford and Olive Bonson of Kittery Intend Marriage

1760
John Murch jur of Biddeford and Day of Wells Intend Marriage

May 1 1761
Samuel Young jur and Elisabeth Joy both of Biddeford Intend Marriage

May 10th 1761
Benja Prockter and Rachel Pendexter of Biddeford Intend Marriage May

1 1761
Moses Abbott and Sarah Sands both of Biddeford Intend Marriage May

31 1761
John Fitts & Elinor Googins both of Biddeford Intend MarriagQ June 27

1761
David Young jur & Elisabeth Goodwin both of Biddeford Intend Marriage

July 20th 1761
Lemuel Foss and Olive Smith both of Biddeford Intend Marriage August

29 1761
Nathaniel Tarbox & Sarah Gillpatrick both of Biddeford Intend Marriage

Octobr 20th 1761
Stephen Dudley of Brentwood Phebe Webster of Biddeford Intend Marriage

October 20th 1761
Nathan Kisseck of Scarborough and Mary Beatte of Biddeford Intend Mar-
riage December 7th 1761
Capt Nathaniel Kimball of Wells and Mrs Mehittebel Scammon of Biddeford

Intend Marriage December 13th 1761
Joshua Haley & Elisabeth Winget both of Biddeford Intend Marriage

December 13th 1761
Allison Smith of Biddeford and Elisabeth Junkins of York Intend Marriage

December 13th 1761
Robert Gray jur of Biddeford and Ann Maloon of Methuin Intend Marriage

December 13th 1761
Caleb Lock & Elisabeth Dyer Both of Biddeford Intend Marriage January

1st 1762
Benja Tarbox & Hannah Smith Both of Biddeford Intend Marriage Feb-
ruary 1st 1762
Robert Elwell & Hannah MacLucas both of Biddeford Intend Marriage

February 5th 1762
Dodevah Bickford of Biddeford and Sarah Foss of s<i Town Intend Marriage

March 30th 1762
John Corney of Biddeford and Mary Read of Halifax Intend Marriage 1762

April 1st
David King & Elisabeth Gray of Biddeford Intend Marriage February

27th 1762
Joseph Elwell & Sarah Bewell both of Biddeford Intend Marriage August

27th 1762
Thomas Bradbury jur of Biddeford and Ruth Page of Salisbury Intend Mar-
riage June 5th 1762
Mr John Fairfield of Biddeford and M" Mary Gutts of Berwick Intend Mar-
riage June 13th 1762
Stephen Safford & Sarah Clay both of Narragansett Intend Marriage July
20th 1762

222 Vital Records of Saco and Biddeford, Me. [July

Mr Thomas Cutts of Pepperrellborough and M« Elisabeth Scammon Intend

Marriage August 9tb 1762
Daniel Cambel & Margret Gillpatrick both of Biddeford Intend Marriage

July 26th 1762
Dominicus Scammon and Hannah Tarbox both of Biddeford Intend Marriage

August 26th 1762
Daniel Tarbox and Agnes Hoopper both of Biddeford Intend Marriage

Septemb 11th 1762
John Tarbox jur & Sarah Staples both of Biddeford Intend Marriage De-
cember 1st 1762
Benaiah Hanscom of Pepperrellborough & Margaret Evens of Biddeford

Intend Marriage December 1 1762
Capt Phillip Goldthwait & Abigail Dyer both of Biddeford Intend Marriage

Decemb 4th 1762
David Chyer * and Dorcas Millar both of Biddeford Intend Marriage April

2d 1763
Jacob Hooper & Anna Poake both of Biddeford Intend Marriage Septem-

. ber 1 1763
William Cole and Elisabeth Hill both of Biddeford Intend Marriage Octo-
ber 6th 1763
John Frees of Falmouth & Abigail Moore of Biddeford Intend Marriage

Sept 1763
James Emery of Biddeford and Mary Scammon of Pepperrellborough Intend

Marriage Nov 1763
James Davis of Biddeford & Elisabeth Davis of Pepperrellborough Intend

Marriage October 1763
Jeremiah Cole and Elisabeth Gillpatrick both of Biddeford Intend Marriage

March 1st 1764
Samuel Chase of Pepperrellborough and Hannah Winget of Biddeford Intend

Marriage April 20 1764
Gershom Billings of Pepperrellborough & Ann Winget of Biddeford Intend

Marriage June 1764
Benjn Jeffrey of Arundel & Hannah Evens of Biddeford Intend Marriage

Octobr 7th 1764
Joseph Gillpatrick and Marry Tarbox both of Biddeford Intend Marriage

October 30th 1764
Ebenezr Jordan & Lucy Tarbox both of Biddeford Intend Marriage April

20th 1765
James Clark and Hannah Whittier both of Biddeford Intend Marriage

May 20 1765
Wilham Murch and Thankful Relief Pendexter Both of Biddeford Intend

Marriage June 20th 1765
Andrew Smith and Sarah Murch Both of Biddeford Intend Marriage Sept

15th 1765
David Sawyer jur of Pepperrellborough and Hannah Pendexter of Biddeford

Intend Marriage
Eli Wormwood of Wells and Elisabeth Wood of Biddeford Intend Marriage

September the 10th 1765
Daniel Peirce of Kittery and Olive Jordan of Biddeford- Intend Marriage

October 1 1765
Moses Stevens jur of Arundel and Barsheba Pendexter of Biddeford Intend

Marriage Novemb 20th 1765
John Stackpole ye third and Rebeccah Gillpatrick both of Biddeford Intend

Marriage Novemb 20* 1765
Thomas Drinkwalter of North Yarmouth and Margaret Stackpole of Bidde-
ford Intend Marriage December 20th 1765

• Currier^ according to the church record.

1917] Vital Records of Saco and Biddeford, Me. 223

Sibley Pendexter and Mary Joy both of Biddeford Intend Marriage Feb-
ruary 28*h 1766

Elisha Smith and Sarah Poake both of Biddeford Intend Marriage June
20th 1766

Joshua Hill and Martha Gillpatrick both of Biddeford Intend Marriage
March 30th 1766

William Gillpatrick ju* and Huldy Tarbox both of Biddeford Intend Marriage
June 1766

Robert Gillpatrick and Dorethy Hill both of Biddeford Intend Marriage
Novr 10 1766

Amos Gordan and Mary Smith both of Biddeford Intend Marriage Novemb
20th 1766

George Perkins and Mary Smith both of Biddeford Intend Marriage June
2d 1767

Josiah Garlan and Meriam Moore both of Biddeford Intend Marriage 1767

Joel Sawyer of Pepperrellborough and Mary Stackpole of Biddeford Intend
Marriage January 2d 1768

Samuel Haley ju* & Betty Tarbox both of Biddeford Intend Marriage April
10th 1768

Stephen Jones of Pepperrellborough and Mary Stackpole of Biddeford Intend
Marriage August 1st 1768

Samuel Harmon of Scarborough and Mary Smith of Biddeford Intend Mar-
riage August 20th 1768

Jeremiah Hill Esq* of Biddeford and M" Mary Storer of Wells Intend Mar-
riage September 1st 1768

Mr William Vaughan of Portsmouth and M™ Abigail Jordan of Biddeford In-
tend Marriage October 10th 1768

John Kissick and Mary Battis both of Biddeford Intend Marriage October
10th 1768

Benj a Haley and Hephzibah Ross both of Biddeford Intend Marriage Octo-
ber 10th 1768

Snell Wingat and Margaret Emery both of Biddeford Intend Marriage
Novemb 10 1768

Obedh Emery and Lydia Emery both of Biddeford Intend Marriage Nov
1st 1768

John Poake and Mary Smith both of Biddeford Intend Marriage January
1st 1769

Shadrach Wetherly and Elisabeth Stackpole both of Biddeford Intend Mar-
riage January 10th 1769

Andrew Staple and Ruth Tarbox both of Biddeford Intend Marriage
March 26th 1769

Samuel Davis and Ruth Fowle both of Biddeford Intend Marriage March
26 1769

Elisha Staple and Jerushua Emery both of Biddeford Intend Marriage
March 26th 1769

Thomas Fletcher of Biddeford and Olive Fletcher of Arundel Intend Marriage
May 20th 1769

Robert Gray and Eleanor Moore both of Biddeford Intend Marriage July
20th 1769

Capt Paul Junkins of York & M" Sarah Jordan of Biddeford Intend Marriage
August 20th 1769

Spencer Treworgy of Biddeford & Judith Townsend of Little Falls Intend
Marriage September 3d 1769

Daniel Gardner of & Olive Curtis of Biddeford Intend Marriage

1769

Stephen Joy and Hannah Curtis both of Biddeford Intend Marriage Janu-
ary 1st 1770

1771

224 Vital Records of Saco and Biddeford, Me. [July

John Staples and Mehetable Hill both of Biddeford Intend Marriage
Novemb 2d 1769

Ephraim Curtis and Rhoda Smith both of Biddeford Intend Marriage
January 20th 1770

William Wadlin of Little Falls and Meriam Dyer of Biddeford Intend Mar-
riage February 20th 1770

Elligood Mills of Portsmouth and Mary Dyer of Biddeford Intend Marriage
February 20th 1770

Samuel Hill of Biddeford & Hannah Jordan of Cape Elisabeth Intend Mar-
riage January 1 1770

Ebenezr Moore of Arundel & Jane Gray of Biddeford Intend Marriage
February 18th 1770

Ezekiel Tarbox & Sarah Stackpole both of Biddeford Intend Marriage July
29 1770

Benja Hooper jur & Sarah Emery Both of Biddeford Intend Marriage Octo-
ber 10th 1770

Jacob Spafford & Alice Poak both of Biddeford Intend Marriage Novem-
- ber 1st 1770

Ebenezer Hill & Mary Battis both of Biddeford Intend Marriage January
20th 1771

Nathaniel Cole & Sophia Tarbox both of Biddeford Intend Marriage April
1 1771

James Staple and Sarah Tarbox both of Biddeford Intend Marriage April
27th 1771

Staven Tarbox & Sarah Smith both of Biddeford Intend Marriage June

George Seavey & Hannah Murch Intend Marriage August 1771
John Griffin Davis of Meduncook and Mary Cole Briant of Biddeford Intend

Marriage October 13th 1771
Phineas Downs & Mary Dyer both of Biddeford Intend Marriage Decem-
ber 4 1771
Joseph Morrill & Mary Jordan both of Biddeford Intend Marriage April 1

1772
Jeremiah Hill ju* & Mary Emery both of Biddeford Intend Marriage May

10th 1772
Joshua Murphy of Arundel and Sarah Smith of Biddeford Intend Marriage

September 9th 1772
Jonathan Emery and Elisabeth Tarbox both of Biddeford Intend Marriage

October 1st 1772
John Adams and Abigail Davis both of Biddeford Intend Marriage Octo-
ber 20th 1772
John Storer of Wells & Hannah Morrill of Biddeford Intend Marriage

November 1772
Joshua Smith of Arundel and Elisabeth Smith of Biddeford Intend Marriage

Decemb 16th 1772
Robert Edgcomb Nason & Lydia Hooper both of Biddeford Intend Marriage

Aprill 9th 1773
Joseph Moore & Olive Gillpatrick both of Biddeford Intend Marriage

Aprill 9th 1773
Joseph Young Stackpole & Anna Fletcher both of Biddeford Intend Marriage

April 29th 1773
John Wingate & Lydia Hill both of Biddeford Intend Marriage July 20th

1773
John Millar of Arundel and Elisabeth Mason of Biddeford Intend Marriage

January 1774
Joseph Cram of Raymond and Mercy Gordan of Biddeford Intend Marriage

1917] Vital Records of Saco and Biddeford, Me. 225

Joseph Davis of Meduncook and Mary Cane of Biddeford Intend Marriage
March 27th 1774

Capt James Carlile of Biddeford and Tabytha Junkins of York Intend Mar-
riage April 23<i 1774

Joseph Stimson and Levina Tarbox both of Biddeford Intend Marriage
May 1774

Eligood Mills and Lucy McLucas both of Biddeford Intend Marriage 1774

Daniel Stover of York and Lydia Wingate of Biddeford Intend Marriage
1774

John Gillpatrick and Unice Tarbox both of Biddeford Intend Marriage
1774

Perce Bickford of Biddeford and Olive Milbury of York Intend Marriage
November 12 1774

Wheelright Stevens of Arundel and Pheby Smith of Biddeford Intend Mar-
riage Novbr 1774

Ezekiel Bradstreet and Jemima Nason both of Biddeford Intend Marriage
Novbr 26 1774

Nathaniel Foss and Mary Gillpatrick both of Biddeford Intend Marriage
Biddeford January 1775

Daniel Hibbert of Sanford and Sarah Wadlin of a Place called Little Falls
Intend Marriage Biddeford January 28th 1775

Jeremiah Gillpatrick and Sarah Dyer both of Biddeford Intend Marriage
Biddeford 1775

Jonathan Tarbox and Mary Haley both of Biddeford Intend Marriage Bid-
deford 1775

Samuel Dennett of Pepperrellborough and Sarah Woodward of Biddeford
Intend Marriage Biddeford March 3d 1776

Seth Storer of Biddeford and Olive Jordan of Pepperrellborough Intend Mar-
riage Biddeford April 27 1776

John Davis of Biddeford and Molly Wildes of Arundle Intend Marriage
Biddeford September 1st 1776

Thomas Tarbox of Biddeford and Sarah Nason of Arundle Intend Marriage
Biddeford Septemb 29*h 1776

John Perry ju* and Sarah Milliken both of Limbrick Intend Marriage Bid-
deford December 21«t 1776

John Dergen of Limbrick & Betty Browne of Osiba Intend Marriage Bidde-
ford January 11 1777

Nicholas Davis of Little Osibe and Charity Haley of Biddeford Intend Mar-
riage Biddeford February 15 1777.

Doct Aaron Porter of Biddeford and Mrs Selina King of Scarborough Intend
Marriage Biddeford March 29 1777.

Jeremiah Emery and Margaret Smith Both of Biddeford Intend Marriage
Biddeford April 12 1777.

Stephen Butler and Marthy Gray both of Biddeford Intend Marriage Bid-
deford May 31st 1777.

Thomas Gillpatrick jur and Anna Bradbury both of Biddeford Intend Mar-
riage Biddeford July 20th 1777.

John Shute of Limbrick and Mary Cole of Biddeford Intend Marriage Bid-
deford September 28 1777

William Haley Jum and Sarah Adams both of Biddeford Intend Marriage
Biddeford October 7 1777.

Theodore Mclntire of Biddeford and Margaret Hooper of the Desarts Intend
Marriage Biddeford Nov-2d 1777.

Tristram Hooper of Oak Island and Olive Wadlin of Little Falls Intend Mar-
riage Biddeford November 8th 1777.

Carel Staples and Elisabeth Milbury both of Biddeford Intend Marriage
Biddeford November 8th 1777.

226 Vital Records of Saco and Biddeford, Me. [July

Robert Waters Benson of Biddeford and Dorithy Adams of Arundel Intend
Marriage Biddeford November 20. 1777

Joseph Mason of Biddeford & Hannah Millar of Arundel Intend Marriage
Biddeford February 15th 1778.

Nicholas Edgcomb of Little Falls & Elizabeth Tarbox of Biddeford Intend
Marriage Biddeford March 1st 1778.

Peletiah Moore of Biddeford and Elisabeth Rumery of Pepperrellboro Intend
Marriage Biddeford May 30. 1778.

Thomas Senate and Joanna Davis both of Biddeford Intend Marriage Bid-
deford June 6th 1778.

Cato and Cloe Negroman & Woman both of Biddeford Intend Marriage
Biddeford 25th July 1778.

Stephen Bryant of Pepperrellboro and Miriam Davis Biddeford Intend
Marriage Biddeford Novemr 8. 1778.

William Haley Junr of Biddeford and Dorcas Hilton of Wells Intend Mar-
riage Biddeford November 26th 1778.

Joseph Haley Jun. and Jemima Tarbox both of Biddeford Intend Marriage
Biddeford December 12th 1778.

Samuel Dennett of Pepperrellborough and Abigail Carlile of Biddeford Intend
Marriage Biddeford January 17. 1779.

Abner Sawyer of Pepperrellborough and Mary Steaples of Biddeford Intend
Marriage Biddeford January 17. 1779.

Theophilus Smith Junr and Molly Grant both of Biddeford Intend Marriage
Biddeford February 20th 1779.

Andrew Stackpole of Biddeford and Sarah Fletcher of Arundel Intend Mar-
riage Biddeford May 1st 1779.

Revd Mr Nathanael Webster of Biddeford & M" Judith Brown of Poplin
Intend Marriage Biddeford August 14th 1779.

Josiah Hill of Biddeford & Jane McClallen of Pepperrellborough Intend Mar-
riage Biddeford September 25th 1779.

Mr Rishwth Jordan Junr of Biddeford and M" Sarah Hight of Berwick Intend
Marriage Biddeford October 23d 1779

Nathaniel Perkins Junr and Abigal Haley both of Biddeford Intend Marriage
Biddeford October 8th 1779.

Abijah Tarbox and Sarah Gillpatrick both of Biddeford Intend Marriage
Biddeford November 6th 1779.

Jonathan Ferren of Biddeford & Dorcas Gutridge of Arundel Intend Marriage
Biddeford Novemr 6th 1779.

Rufus Tarbox and Martha Goldthwait Both of Biddeford Intend Marriage
Biddeford November 13th 1779.

John Chase of Pepperrellborough & Jerusha Tarbox of Biddeford Intend
Marriage Biddeford Novembr 27th 1779.

Abihail Biddle & Margaret Whitten both of Washington Intend Marriage
Biddeford December 4th 1779.

Ebenezer Cleaves of Pepperrellboro and Abigail Young of Biddeford Intend
Marriage Biddeford January 1st 1780.

Harrison Gray of Biddeford & Sarah Rumery of Pepperrellboro Intend Mar-
riage Biddeford January 15 1780.

Noah Smith of Biddeford & Susannah Brown without the Bounds of any
Town but within ye County York Intd Marriage Biddeford February
5th 1780.

Gilbert Winslow of North Yarmouth & Rosanna Davis of Biddeford Intend
Marriage Biddeford Feby 12 1780.

1917] Genealogical Research in England 227

GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH IN ENGLAND

[Continued from page 176]

JOSSELYN, CONCLUDED*

Contributed by Miss Elizabeth French, and communicated by the Committee on

English Research

From the Parish Registers of Barham, co. Suffolk, 1562-1653

1633 Mary daughter of Thomas Josline and Rebecca his wife baptized
16 March [1633/4].

From Marriage Licences Granted by the Bishop of London

1590, 15 October. An Act removing Sentence of Excommunication against
Thomas Josselyn, of Willingale Doe, co. Essex, Gent., & Dorothy
his wife, widow of George Scott, of Hatfield Broad Oak, s d co., dec d ,
they having been married clandestinely at the house of her father
John Francke in Hatfield Broadoak afs d .t

From Lay Subsidies for co. Essex}:

Second Payment of a Subsidy granted 5 Henry VIII [1513-14].
Hundred of Harlow.
Halyngbury Bowser. Ric Josselyn for his moveabylls xviij d.
Scheryng. Jeffrey Josselyn for his moveabylls x s. vj d.

(Lay Subsidies, 108/141.)
Fourth Payment of a Subsidy granted 14-15 Henry VIII [1522-1524] on
goods of the value of £50 and upwards, and delivered 25 May, 19 Henry
VIII [1527].
Hundred of Dunmow. Phylep Jostleyn of highe Rodyng wydow in

goods [valued at] c li. iiij s. [tax] lxvj s.
viij d.

(lb., 108/190.)
14-15 Henry VIII [1522-1524].
Hundred of Harlow.
Little Halyngbury. Ric Josselyne in goods [valued at] vij li.

[tax] iij s. vi d.
Sheryng. Gefferey Josselyn in goods [valued at] xxv

1L [tax] xxv s.
John Josselyn in goods [valued at] xx s.
[tax] iiij d.

{lb., 108/203.)
12 January, 15 Henry VIII [1523/4], delivered by John Josselyn armiger
6 June, 16 Henry VIII [1524].
Hundred of Dunmow.
Muche Canfeld. Raufe Josselyn in goods [valued at] xxvj li.

[tax] xxvj s.
Hygh Rodyng. John Josselyn Esquyer in londes and fee [of

the yearly value of] cxx li. [tax] v li.
(lb., 108/161.)

* The earlier part of the article on the Josselyn family was published in the ReoI3Teb
of January 1917 (pp. 19-33).

t Printed in Publications of the Harleian Society, vol. 25, p. 188 (Allegations for
Marriage Licences issued by the Bishop of London, 1520 to 1610).

t Preserved in the Public Record Office, London.

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16 Henry VIII [1524-5], delivered by John Josselyn 10 May, 17 Henry VIII
[1525].
Hundred of Dunmow.
Mutche Canfeld. Raufe Josselyn xxvj li. [tax] xxvj s.

High Rodyng. John Josselyn Esquyer c U. [tax] c 8.

(lb., 108/202.)
12 January, 16 Henry VIII [1524/5].
Hundred of Hinckford.
Braintree. Phelyp Josselyn in goods [valued at] xxiiij

li. [tax] xxiiij s.

(76., 108/176.)
34-35 Henry VHI [1542-1544].
Hundred of Dunmow.
Canfelde Magna. Elizabeth Josselyn vid. in lands [of the yearly

value of] xl s. [tax] iiij d.
[Dunmowe.] Thomas Josseleyne 100s. [tax] lOd.

{lb., 109/269).
'34-35 Henry VIII [1542-1544]. Anticipation of Subsidy.

Rothing Alta. Thomas Josselyn esquier in lands [of the

yearly value of] ex h. [tax] v li x s.
(lb., 109/286.)
12 November, 35 Henry VIH [1543].
Hundred of Dunmow.
[Great] Dunmow. Thomas Josseleyn in goods and cattle [val-

ued at] xl s. [tax] iiij d.
Muche Canfeld. Phillipus Josseleyn in goods [valued at] x li.

[tax] vj s. viij d.
Elizabeth Josseleyn vid. in lands [of the
yearly value of] xl s. [tax] viij d.
(76., 108/246.)
16 June, 38 Henry VIII [1546].
For the Entire County.
Canfeld Magna. Elysabethe Josselyn in lands [of the yearly

value of] xl s. [tax] viij d.
Rodyng Alta. Thomas Josselyn in lands [of the yearly value

of] c li. [tax] xxxiij s. iiij d.
Fyfilde. Symond Josselyn in goods [valued at] xx li.

[tax] iij s. iiij d.
John Josselyn in goods [valued at] xx li
[tax] iij s. iiij d.

(76., 110/230.)

31 March, 1 Edward VI [1547].
Hundred of Dunmow.
Rodyng alta. S r Thomas Josselyn knight in lands [of the

yearly value of] c li. [tax] x li.
Canfeld Magna. [No Josselyns in the subsidy rolls.]

(76., 109/312.)

20 April, 1 Edward VI [1547].
Hundred of Chelmsford.
Chickenhall Smethely.* John Josselyn in goods [valued at] x li.

[tax] x 8.

(76., 109/305.)

* A very small place, furnishing only three names for the subsidy rolls.

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10 March, 5 Edward VI [1550/1].
Hundred of Chelmsford.
Chicknell Smely. John Josseling [tax] x s.

(76., 110/356.)

20 February, 6 Edward VI [1551/2].
Hundred of Chelmsford.
Chicknale Smelye. John Josselin [tax] x s.

(76., 110/374.)

2 March, 9 Elizabeth [1566/7].
Hundred of Chelmsford.
Roxwell. John Josselyn, sessor, in goods [valued at]

xiij li. [tax] xiij s.

(76., 110/422.)
29 September, 14 Elizabeth [1572].
Hundred of Chelmsford.
Roxwell. John Josselyn in goods [valued at] xiij li.

[tax] xiij d.

(76., 111/447.)
8 September, 40 Elizabeth [1598].
Hundred of Chelmsford.

Roxwell. Josselyn vid. in lands [of the yearly

value of] xl s. [tax] viij s.
Raphe Josselyn in goods [valued at] iv li.
[tax] x s. viij d.

(76., 111/501.)
22 March, 6 James I [1608/9].
Hundred of Hinckford.
Felsted. Ralph Joslin in goods [valued at] v li. [tax]

viij s. iv d.
Raine. John Joslin in goods [valued at] iij li. [tax]

V s

(76., 111/573.)
20 October 1617.

Hundred of Chelmsford.
Chelmsford. Thomas Jocelyn in lands [of the yearly value

of] xx s. [tax] iiij s.
Roxwell. Ralphe Josselin, sessor, in goods [valued at]

iiij li. [tax] viij d.

(76., 112/604.)
20 October, 18 James I [1620].
Hundred of Hinckford.
Rayne. John Josselyn in goods [valued at] iij li.

[tax] viij s.
Felsted. Raphe Joslyn in lands [of the yearly value of]

iiij li. [tax] x s. viij d.

(76., 112/606.)
18 October, 22 James I [1624].
Hundred of Dunmow.
Canfield Magna. William Joslein in goods [valued at] iij li.

[tax] viij s.

(76., 112/605.)
13 August, 4 Charles I [1628].

Hundred of Chelmsford.
Roxwell and Newland Ralph Jossulin, assessor, in goods [valued at]
Fee. iij li. [tax] viij s.

(76., 112/630.)

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27 April, 5 Charles I [1629].
Hundred of Chelmsford.
Chelmsford. Thomas Joscellin in lands [of the yearly

value of] xx s. [tax] iv d.

(lb., 112/628.)

From Chancery Proceedings*

30 April 1646. Complaint of Daniel Hudson of Epping, co. Essex,
clothier, and Richard Joslyn of the same, yeoman, executors of the will of
Joseph Joslyn, deceased, brother of said Richard Joslyn, that one Thomas
Joslyn, uncle of Richard and Joseph Joslyn, about thirty-five years ago
made his will, and made his wife his sole executrix; and about four or five
years after making his will said Thomas Joslyn died, and his widow proved
the will, wherein said Thomas bequeathed to said Joseph Joslyn, deceased,
a certain sum of money, which by the death of his sister Dorothy amounted
to £15, to be paid to him at his age of twenty-one years. The widow, before
Joseph Joslyn attained the age of twenty-one, paid said sum to Ralph Joslyn,
father of said Joseph and Richard Joslyn and brother of Thomas Joslyn, and
said Ralph held said £15 all his life, notwithstanding that Joseph Joslyn
attained the age of twenty-one more than twenty-four years ago. Said
Ralph, and his brother Simon purchased to themselves and their heir3 a
messuage called Bollinghatch, with appurtenances, lying in Roxwell, New-
land Fee, and Writtle, valued at £70 per annum, Simon afterwards relin-
quishing his share to Ralph and his heirs. Said Ralph, having this estate and
also corn and cattle to the value of £400, made his will on 1 August 1626,
appointing his younger sons, Ralph Joslyn of Cranham, co. Essex, and
Symon Joslyn of East Hanvill, co. Essex, executors. Said Ralph Joslyn the
father died about fifteen years ago, and the will was proved by said executors.
In said will Ralph Joslyn bequeathed £200 to said Richard Joslyn in recom-
pence of £15 given him by the will of said Thomas Joslyn, to be paid within
one year after the deaths of his wife and his brother Simon Joslyn; and he
appointed that in default of payment Richard Joslyn should have a piece of
land called Highfield, containing twenty acres, parcel of said farm, to him
and his heirs for ever. Also said Ralph Joslyn by said will gave to his son
Joseph Joslyn £160 in recompense of £15 given him by the will of said
Thomas Joslyn, to be paid within two years after the deaths of his wife and
his brother Simon Joslyn; and he appointed that in default of payment
Joseph Joslyn should have wood and land called Woodfield, Spicercroft, and
; Bolhnghatch Grove, and a part of Mottshold, next the lane leading to Fam-

bridge End, to be divided by the path leading through the same from Wood-
field to Fulchers, parcel of said farm, to Joseph and his heirs for ever. Said
Ralph made his sons his residuary legatees and executors, whereby they held
said farm called Bollinghatch and lands in Newland, Roxwell, and Writtle,
co. Essex, on the conditions aforesaid. Said Ralph the father died about
four years after making his will, and said Ralph and Simon proved said will
and entered into said premises, taking the rents and profits of said farm, etc.,
and they have divided the same between themselves. Ralph took the land
devised to your orator, Richard Joslyn, and his heirs for the better securing
of said £200, and has since paid to complainant said £200; and Simon took
the land devised to Joseph and his heirs for the better securing of said £160,
and has agreed in writing with Ralph to pay the same. Dorothy Joslyn, the
mother, died about — years ago, and Simon, brother of the testator, survived
her and died two years and a quarter ago. About November 1642 said
Joseph Joslyn made his will, appointing your orator his executor, and died
in December last past, bequeathing to his brother Richard Joslyn, your
orator, £40 of said £160, to his brother Nathaniel Joslyn £40 of said £160,

• Preserved in the Public Record Office, London.

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to his brother-in-law Daniel Hudson £20 of said £160, to his sister Anne,
wife of said Daniel Hudson, £5 of said £160 and also £15 given him by his
uncle Thomas Joslyn, to his cousin Mary, wife of Thomas Gill, £20 of said
£160, to the four children of his brother-in-law Daniel Hudson, namely,
Daniel, Simon, William, and Elizabeth, £5 apiece of said £160, to Dorothy
and Anne, daughters of his eldest brother John Joslyn, 40s. apiece of said
£160, to Mary, daughter of said John, 20s. of said £160, and to John Owting
of Cranham £8 of said £160. And he desired that, if said Simon did not pay
the same, your orators, Richard Joslyn and Daniel Hudson, should enter into
the lands aforesaid and pay said legacies out of the same; and he made them
his residuary legatees and executors. The residue was so small that it was
not sufficient to bury him, much less to pay his debts. After probate of the
will was taken on 20 February last past, two years having elapsed since the
death of Simon Joslyn the uncle, your orators have repeatedly demanded the
£160 from Simon Joslyn the brother and Ralph Joslyn, who are both charge-
able to pay the same, but in vain; and said Simon, having got said lands into
his possession, has made great waste of the same. Your orators therefore
pray' that a writ of subpoena may be directed to said Simon Joslyn and Ralph
Joslyn, directing them to appear in court and show cause why they should
not pay the £160 or give up the lands.

22 May 1646. Answer of Simon Joscelin, one of the defendants to the
bill of complaint of Daniel Hudson and Richard Joslyn. He agrees with the
bill as to the wills of Thomas Joslyn and Ralph Joslyn, but says that Ralph
Joslyn his father and Simon Joslyn his uncle bought the said farm of Boiling-
hatch and lands jointly, and that it became his uncle Simon's by right of
survivorship. His father Ralph Joslyn died possessed of a personal estate of
£300, and the inventory of his goods overvalued his goods and comprised
many desperate debts, so that he and his brother Ralph had paid more in
legacies than their father had died possessed of. And after their father's
death, by permission of their uncle Simon, the surviving joint tenant, Ralph
and the defendant Simon entered into the lands and made a partition thereof,
and paid their mother Dorothy £20 a year during her life and their uncle
Simon Joslyn £25 a year during his life. But said Simon denies that he ever
undertook to pay said money to said Joseph or that he is liable to pay the
same to the complainants, Joseph having died before the same was due; and
he alleges that Joseph had therefore no power to dispose of the same. Com-
plainant is willing to stand trial concerning the same at the common law.
He denies ever making any waste of the property. (Chancery Proceedings,
Charles I, Bills and Answers, Bundle H. 1, no. 8.)

26 November 1646. Complaint of Daniel Hudson of Epping, co. Essex,
clothier, and Richaed Joslyn of the same, yeoman. [Complaint opens as in
the former suit.] Simon Joscelyn, brother of the complainant, being asked
for the money due to Joseph Joscelyn, now deceased, refuses to pay, some-
times affirming that their father, Ralph Joscelyn, was not solely seised of said
premises, but was jointly seised with Simon his brother, although he well
knows that their uncle Simon gave his brother Ralph, their father, a full and
clear release of the premises, and that after Ralph's death, Simon, com-
plainant's brother, and his brother Ralph, by fine and recovery or both of
them and by indentures thereupon made and sealed by them, settled by
mutual consent for the payment of said money. Your orator, Richard
Joscelyn, begs that his brothers Ralph and Simon may set forth the annual
value of the lands, one year with another, and alleges that his father left few
debts and much personal estate. Said Simon of late has contrived and set
on foot another title to said lands unto one Ralph Joslyn, clerk,* son and

* This Ralph Joslyn, clerk, was nephew of the complainant Richard and of the
defendants Simon and Ralph, and was the writer of the diary from which extracts are
given below. In the pedigree that follows the records he is numbered 27, iii.

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heir of John Joslyn, son and heir of said testator Ralph, as heir at law to the
lands by the death of said Joseph, and has offered to give him £100 for his
title to the lands; and Ralph, the nephew, now affirms that he has the best
rights to the lands and will spend large sums of money in suits for the recovery
thereof. Complainants beg that Ralph, the nephew, may set forth what
title he has to said lands and show cause why the complainants should not
be paid said £160, and that subpoena may be directed to said Simon Joslyn
and Ralph Joslyn, as executors of their father's will, and also to Ralph Joslyn,
their nephew, son and heir of John Joslyn, deceased, to appear before the
Court of Chancery to answer unto said premises. (Chancery Proceedings,
Charles I, Bills and Answers, Bundle H. 72, no. 45.)

From Chancert Depositions*

9 May 1622. Mr. Scot: We, Ralfe Joslin thelder of Roxwell, co. Essex,
and John Benton, husband of Mary, late widow of Thomas Searle late of
Northweald Basset in said county and daughter of me the said Ralfe, do
consent and yield to the dismission of the cause of me the said Rafe and my
said daughter Mary against Samuel Searle, Clerk, and do yield up unto said
Samuel all the deeds, writings, and evidences that are at this time in the
custody of the officer at the Rolls. [Signed] The mark of Rad. Josselin and
John Benton. Witness: Thomas Burton of Stapleford Tawney, yeoman.
(Chancery Depositions, Elizabeth — Charles I, 1622.)

From Feet op Fines*

Final Concord made at Westminster on the Morrow of the Feast of St.
John the Baptist, 5 Henry "VTII [25 June 1513], between John Josselyn
Esquire, Thomas Josselyn Esquire, John Colt Esquire, and William Barley
Esquire, querents, and George Josselyn Esquire, deforciant, of the manor of
Hydehall: four messuages, four hundred acres of land, forty acres of meadow,
one hundred acres of pasture, and twenty acres of wood in Sabricheworth and
Little Halyngbury in co. Herts, and of sixty acres of land, "ten acres of meadow,
and ten acres of pasture in Little Halyngbury in co. Essex. Plea of covenant.
George has acknowledged the manor and tenements to be the right of John
Josselyn, and has granted for himself and his heirs the manor and tenements
which Katherine Josselyn holds for life of the heirs of the aforesaid George the
day on which this concord was made, and which after the death of Katherine
ought to revert to George and his heirs; but after the death of Katherine they
shall remain wholly to John, Thomas, John, and William, and the heirs of
John Josselyn, to hold of the chief lords of that fee by the services which to
the manor and tenements belong for ever. And George and his heirs will
warrant to John, Thomas, John, and William, and the heirs of John Josselyn
the manor and tenements against all men for ever. And for this John,
Thomas, John, and William have given to George 100 marks.! (Feet of
Fines, Hertford-Essex, Trinity Term, 5 Henry VIII, 51/360, no. 6.)

Final Concord made in the Queen's Court at Westminster on the Morrow
of the Feast of the Ascension, 15 Elizabeth [1 May 1573], and afterwards on
the Morrow of the Feast of the Holy Trinity, 15 Elizabeth [18 May 1573],
between John Josselyn, querent, and William Water, gent., deforciant, of
one messuage, one garden, one orchard, one hundred and forty acres of land,
ten acres of meadow, ten acres of pasture, and ten acres of wood, with appur-
tenances, in Roxwell and Newlonde, called Bolinghatch. Plea of covenant.
William has acknowledged the beforesaid premises with appurtenances to be
the right of John, as those which John has of the gift of William, and he has

* Preserved in the Public Record Office, London,
t Translated from the Latin.

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quitclaimed them from hims elf and his heirs to John and his heirs, for ever.
And, moreover, William has granted for hims elf and his heirs that he will
warrant to John and his heirs the aforesaid premises against William and his
heirs for ever.* (Feet of Fines, Essex, Easter Term, 15 Elizabeth.)

Fkom Inquisitions Post MoRTEMf

Writ of Mandamus, dated at Westminster 27 February, 22 Elizabeth

I 1579 / 80 ]-
Inquisition indented, taken at Stratford Langherne, co. Essex, 9 May,

22 Elizabeth [1580], before Thomas Grymsdytche esq., escheator, after the .

death of John Josseltn of Roxewell, county aforesaid, yeoman, deceased,

by the oath of Thomas Spyke, Thomas Pollarde, Richard Moyle, Thomas

Hunte, Nicholas Awgar, William Mortimer, Martin Brewster, Richard

Stanes, William Maples, William Browne, John Jefferye, Thomas Stoddarde,

John Francke, and Anthony Brooke, who say that John Josselyn long before

his death was seised in his demesne as of fee of and in one messuage or tenement

in Roxewell called Searles and of and in all lands, meadows, feedings, and

pastures to the same belonging, and of and in one messuage or tenement in

Roxewell within the hamlet of Newlande called Bollynghatche, with all lands,

meadows, feedings, pastures, and other hereditaments to the same belonging,

and of and in certain parcels of land called Thystell downes lying and being

in the parishes of Skellowbowells and Willingalle. And that John Josselyn,

so thereof being seised of such his estate, died thereof seised 20 February last

past before the taking of this inquisition, and that Thomas Josselyn is his

son and next heir and was aged at the time of the death of John thirty years

and more. And they further say that the messuage or tenement called

Searles and the other premises to the same belonging are held of the Queen

in chief by the hundredth part of one knight's fee, and that they are worth

by the year beyond reprises £6. 3s. 4d. And that one little grove and a

parcel of land, parcel of the messuage called Bollynghatche, is held of the

manor of Fambridge Ende in free socage by fealty and rent of 2s. yearly.

(And that the residue of the messuage or farm and other premises called
Bollynghatche are held of Edward Elliott esq. and Jane his wife as of their
manor of Newland Haull, in free socage by fealty and suit of court and by
the rent of 4s., and that it is worth by the year beyond reprises £9. 10s.
And the parcels of land called Thisteldownes are worth 40s. yearly, and are

held of Henry Josselyn esq. and his wife as of their manor of Torrells

Haulle, in free socage by fealty and rent of 4s. yearly. And that John
Josselyn at the time of his death neither had nor held any other or more lands
or tenements in demesne, reversion, or service in the county aforesaid, be-
sides that which is above named. Delivered into Court 10 July, 22 Eliza-
beth [1580].* (Inquisitions Post Mortem, Chancery Series 2, vol. 189, no. 43.)

From the Diary op Rev. Ralph Josselin, Vicar op Earl's Colne,

co. EssexJ:

[1644, 1 September.] "... I heard my Cosin Abrahams sonne was dead
..." (Diary, p. 18.)

* Translated from the Latin.

t Preserved in the Public Record Office, London.

j Rev. Ralph Josselin, born 26 Jan. 1616/17, was vicar of Earl's Colne, co. Essex,
from 1640/1 to 1683, and in the pedigree that follows these records is numbered a3 27,
iii. Extracts from his manuscript diary of 185 pages were published in London in
1908 under the title: "The Diary of the Rev. Ralph Josselin, 1616-1683." It was
edited for the Royal Historical Society by E. Hockliffe, M. A., in Camden Third Series,
vol. xv. The compiler of this article is indebted to Charles Edward Banks, M. D., of
the U. S. Public Health Service, for calling attention to the importance of this printed
diary for the genealogy of the Josselyn family.

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[1644/5, 6, 7, 8 March.] "My Cousin Abraham Josselin came to us from
New England, about by ye Canaryes, after a sad long jorney & one tedious
fight with a Kings pyratt: heard by him of ye wellfare of ye plantacon for
which God bee praised; this summer N. E. had divers losses at sea, and scarce
any before: wee rid to my Cousin Bentons ..." (lb., p. 25.)

[1646, 4 August.] "Rid towards Chelmsford ... I lay well accomodated
at my Cosin Rogers. . ." (76., p. 34.)

[1646, 13 August.] "My Cosen Josselins opinion was I had a right to
Josephs land." (lb., p. 34.)

[1646, 31 August.] "This Monday my wife & I rod to Havingfeild: I
from thence, Sep: 1: to Cranham; found my uncles well, & fayre respect in
the business of my uncle Josephs land." (lb., p. 34.)

[1646,7 September.] "Rid to Colchester . . . ; my Cosin Josselin told
mee my cause in the busines of Josephs land was good, & he wished mee to
proceed therin." (lb., p. 34.)

[1646, 8 September.] "Sent by Mr Toby Cressener letters to both my
Uncles, the executors of my grandfathers will to acquaint them with my
'clayme & intent to stand by my title unto the land . . ." (lb., pp. 34-35.)

[1646, 23 September.] "... I found my uncle Simon at home, I made a
demand of the land before three witnesses, w<* is in ye box with my writings
of Mallories; my uncle seemed perswaded & convinced of my right, & to
debV up ye land to mee wtkmt any suite or trouble . . ." (lb., p. 35.)

[1646, 27 September.] "I received a letter from my uncles; the Lord
direct my spirit what to doe . . ." (76., p. 35.)

[1646, 28 September.] "Writt to my Uncles to meete at Chelmsford
Octob: 8. with either of us a freind to make a final! end & conclusion in our
busines if possible." (76., p. 36.)

[1646, 8 October.] "Rid to Chelmsford; . . . my uncles mett, not only
Simon; wee resolved to goe over to Josephs execute . . ." (76., p. 36.)

[1646, 14, 15 October.] "Rod to my Uncle Hudsons; . . . My Uncle
Simon mett not, my other Uncles are very confident they shall injoy the
estate, which if they justly doe I am content; wee agreed that our Counsel!
should discourse in the businesse." (76., p. 36.)

[1646, 12 November.] ". . .at night I was subpenad into the Chancery
by my Uncle Hudson, &Ri: Josselin: it was in the businesse of Josephs land."
(76., p. 37.)

[1646/7, 29 January.] "I am now preparing for London to answer the
suites of my Uncles about Josephs land; my resolucon is this (by Gods grace)
to repaire to learned Councell, & if they say the right is mine, to endeavor an
arbitracon, and make an end of the controversie peaceably if possible, and to
stand to the end of the arbitrators whoever; if I have no right I will no way
molest or trouble, but endeavor that those that have right may injoy it."
(76., p. 40.)

[1646/7, 2 February.] "Rid safe to London, well entertained at Mr
Cresseners, but very weary of my jorney; I spake with both the seargeants
in our suites; gave seargeant Turner a peice for his advice in both my causes;
he declared to mee the way of my Cousin Josselin's opinion, the issue I leave
to providence." (76., p. 40.)

[1646/7, 3 February.] "Went downe to Westminster, spake with both ye
seargeants, concluded a meeting to end our businesse, March. 3. at London;
. . . returnd safe, to Cranham, praised bee God, but very weary & sore . . ."
(76., p. 40.)

[1646/7, 27 February.] "Received notice by letter to bee at London March
11. to end our suite, all parties willing . . ." (76., p. 40.)

[1646/7, 11 March.] "Rid to London safe, mett my uncle Simon, went
downe to Sargeant Turners; he could not attend to end our businesse; went
downe to Westminster; ... as returned into London, I mett my uncle Ri:

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and Hudson; wee went togither, lay together, and that night & next morning,
wee concluded our business, I to injoy the land, and to pay to them an 100Z.;
came safe to Cranham." (76., p. 41.)

[1646/7, 13 March.] "Came safe praised bee God to Colne; ... my
charges besides jorneyes came to 11. 10s. & no more; the Lord bee praised for
this comfortable, contentfull end, the Lord blesse them & theirs with ye
mony, & mee & mine with the lands." (lb., p. 41.)

[1647, 30 April.] "This day rid to Bollinghatch; all my uncles met and
gave mee free & peaceable possession of those parcels of land given to Joseph;
I payd the executors of Joseph 20Z, gave them bond for 801, received 11. 16s of
the mony of my uncle Simon for rent due : God good in his providence towards
us, outwards, and homewards; this land part of our antient inheritance; now
I have about 201. per annum in land, besides my wives land, and my stocke,
but I owe in all about one hundred pounds." (76., p. 42.)

[Great antiquity has been claimed for the Josselyn or Jocelyn family.*
Lodge, in his peerage of Ireland, vol. 3, p. 259, of the revised edition of 1789,
asserts that "the family derives its descent from Carolus Magnus, King of
France, with more certainty than the houses of Loraine or Guise, who so
highly boast of it." In vol. 1 of the Visitations of Essex (Publications of the
Harleian Society, vol. 13) three Josselyn pedigrees are given, one of which, in
the Visitation of 1612, begins with Gilbertus Josebnus, who is called by Lodge,
loc. cit., Sir Gilbert Jocelyne, and is said to have accompanied William the
Conqueror in his expedition to England, while the other two, in the Visita-
tions of 1558 and 1612 respectively, begin with James Josselyn of Essex,
gentleman, who according to the pedigree mentioned above was fourth in
descent from the Gilbert who came with the Conqueror. Pedigrees of some
of the later generations are found in the Visitation of Essex of 1634 (Publica-
tions of the Harleian Society, vol. 13, p. 430), in the Visitations of Hertford-
shire, pp. 14, 69 (ib., vol. 22), and in the Visitation of London, vol. 2, p. 22
(ib., vol. 17).

From these pedigrees in the Visitations, corrected and expanded from other
statements in manuscripts or printed books,t from the records given in the
preceding part of this article, from other English records hereinafter men-
tioned, and from various records in New England, 'it has been possible to
compile the following pedigree of the Josselyn family and to show the descent
of the Josselyns of New England from the founder of the family in England
in the days of the Conqueror. No attempt, however, has been made in this
article to give the genealogy of the family prior to the Norman Conquest or
to separate truth from falsehood in what is alleged to be the earlier history of
the Josselyns on the Continent.^

* Among the numerous forms of the name are Joceline, Jocelyn, Josceline, Joslin,
Joslyne, Josselin, and Josselyn.

t Among the printed books consulted, in addition to the Publications of the Harleian
Society mentioned above, are Rose Graham's St. Gilbert of Sempringham and the Gil-
bertines, Newman's Lives of the English Saints, E. G. S. Reilly's Historical Anecdotes
(published in 1839 for the Earl of Roden, a Jocelyn by birth), Morant's History of
Essex,_ Chauncy's Antiquities of Hertfordshire, the Victoria County History of Hert-
fordshire, Hasted's History of Kent, Beaven's Aldermen of London, Crisp's Visitation
of England and Wales, Notes, vol. 4, Newcourt's Repertorium, Cambridge Matricula-
tions, Weever's Ancient Funeral Monuments of Great Britaine, Ireland and the Bands
Adjacent, and various volumes of British Archives, published by the British Govern-
ment.

t The arms of Josselyn, as given in the Visitation of London, 1633-4 (Publications
of the Harleian Society, vol. 17, p. 22) are: Quarterly of eight. 1. Azure, a circular
wreath argent and sable, with four hawks' bells affixed thereto in quadrangle or. [Jos-
selyn.] 2. Argent, a demi-lion rampant sable, ducally crowned or. [Josselyn.] 3.
Azure, a fess or. [Chastelin.] 4. Gules, a griffin segreant within a bordure engrailed or.
[Battel].] 5. Gules, an inescutcheon argent within an orle of martlets or. [Enfield.]
6. Gules, on a saltire engrailed or five torteaux of the field, a chief ermine. [Hide].

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1. Sib Gilbert 1 Jocelyn, a wealthy Norman knight, came into England,
it is said, with the Conqueror, and married the daughter of a Saxon thane.
He settled in Lincolnshire, where he held of Gilbert of Gaunt the lordships
of Semperingham and Tyrrington.*

Children:

i. Gilbert, 2 b. at Semperingham, co. Lincoln, in 1083 or 1089; d. 4
Feb. 1189; bur. in his abbey church at Semperingham, between
the altars of St. Mary and St. Andrew. He was educated in
France, and, returning to Semperingham, devoted himself to
works of charity, and instructed in religion and literature the
young people of the neighborhood. He became a priest, and held
the livings of Semperingham and Tyrrington. He was clerk to the
Bishop of Lincoln, but refused to accept the office of Archdeacon
of Lincoln. He founded at Semperingham an order for monks
and nuns which was later known as the Gilbertine Order. Many
miracles are said to have been wrought for those who prayed at
his tomb, and in 1202 he was canonized by Pope Innocent HI as
St. Gilbert of Semperingham, 4 Feb. being his commemoration
day.f

2. ii. Geoffrey, b. abt. 1091.

2. Geoffrey 2 Jocelyn, born about 1091, inherited his father's lands, his

elder brother having taken holy orders. He married dh

Bisset, daughter of John.
Child:

3. i. William,' heir of his father.

3. William 3 Jocelyn married Oswalda Goushall, daughter of Sir
Robert, Knight.

Child

4. i. Robert, 4 heir of his father.

4. Robert 4 Jocelyn married Fleming, daughter of John.

Child:

5. i. James, 6 heir of his father.

5. James* Jocelyn, of co. Essex, married Joan Threckenholm or

Throcktngholden, daughter of Henry.
Child:

6. i. Henry, 1 heir of his father.

7. Argent, three escutcheons, two and one, gules. [Patmer.] 8. Gules, three chevrons
argent. [Bawde.] On fess point a crescent for difference. Crest of Josselyn: A falcon's
leg belled or, the thigh erased gules.

These arms were allowed or confirmed at the Visitation of London, 1633-4, to
Thomas Joscelin of London, gentleman, 1634, and the pedigree accompanying the arms
shows the descent of this Thomas from John" Joscelin (18). (Vide infra, 18, iii, 1.) In
1900 pedigrees of descents from the last-mentioned Thomas (of London, 1634) were
recorded at the College of Arms, and the arms and quarterings described above were
again allowed to various descendants from him, but the arms of Hide were placed in the
fourth quarter, those of Battell in the fifth quarter, and those of Enfield in the sixth
quarter. (Cf. Crisp's Visitation of England and Wales, Notes, vol. 4, pp. 32-49.)

* According to Lodge, Peerage of Ireland, vol. 3, p. 259 (revised edition of 1789),
Sir Gilbert Jocelyne was son of Egidius Josselin, a nobleman of Brittany, who crossed
into England in the reign of Edward the Confessor, about 1045. The son, Sir Gilbert,
born apparently in England, went into Normandy and returned to England with the
Conqueror. Evidence to prove these statements seems to be lacking. — Editor.

t Cf. Rose Graham's St. Gilbert of Sempringham and the Gilbertines. Miss Gra-
ham thinks that the age given for St. Gilbert at his death — 106 years — should be 100
years, the Latin word senex, "old," having been probably mistaken for the Latin sex,
" six." A life of St. Gilbert was written by a contemporary, one of his own order, at the
command of St. GUbert's successor, Abbot Roger. Cf. also Dictionary of National
Biography, sub nomine Gilbert of Sempringham.

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6. Henry 4 Joceltn married Jane Chastelin, daughter and heiress of

William and Joan (Sulliard).*
Child:

7. i. Ralph, 7 heir of his father.

7. Ralph 7 Joceltn, living in 1201-2, married Beatrice — . He held

lands in Easton, co. Northampton, in the reign of King John.f
Child:

8. i. John, 8 heir of his father.

8. John 8 Joceltn, living in 1225-6, married Katherine Battell, daugh-

ter and coheiress of Sir Thomas, Knight, by his wife Elizabeth (de
Enfeild), who was daughter and heiress of Sir Richard de EnfeUd,
Knight.J John Jocelyn held lands in Easton and Appletree, co.
Northampton, which he gave to the Prior and Canons of Bradenstok.§
Child:

9. i. Thomas. 9

9. Thomas 9 Joceltn, who died after 1277, married, about 1248, Maud

Hide, daughter and coheiress of Sir John Hide of the Hide, Saw-
bridgeworth, co. Herts, Knight, by his wife Elizabeth (Sudley), who
was daughter of John, Lord Sudley, of co. Gloucester. || Maud
(Hide) Jocelyn survived her husband, and married secondly Nicholas
de Villiers. By the marriage of Thomas Jocelyn with Maud Hide the
manor of the Hide, or Hide Hall, as it was later called, passed into the
possession of the Josselyn family, who held it for almost six hundred
and fifty years, until, in 1897, it passed by will to Sophia, widow of the
fifth Earl of Roden, a nobleman who had died without male issue. A
charter of "Thomas son of John" is still preserved in the family.
Child:
10. i. Thomas, 10 b. abt. 1249.

10. Thomas 10 Joceltn, of Hide Hall, Sawbridgeworth, co. Herts, born about
1249, died about 1284. He married first Alice Liston, daughter of
William; and secondly Joan Blount, daughter of John. Joan
(Blount) Jocelyn survived her husband, and married secondly, about

1285, de la Le; and as Joan de la Le, late wife of Thomas

Josselyn the Elder, she released, by deed undated but enrolled in
Trinity Term, 13 Edward I [May — June 1285], her rights of dower in
her late husband's lands to Adam de Stratton, clerk, during the
minority of the heirs of Thomas, son of Thomas Jocelyn. fl She mar-
ried thirdly Thomas Marshall.
Children by first wife:

i. Thomas, 11 b. abt. 1273; succeeded to his father's lands on the death
of the latter abt. 1284, when the Earl of Hereford and Essex
granted the rent of Hide Hall to Sir Adam de Stratton during the
minority of the heir.**

* Arms of Chastelin: Azure, a fess or. They form the third quartering of the
Josselyn shield described above (p. 235, footnote). For pedigree of this family vide
Visitation of Essex of 1612 (Publications of the Harleian Society, vol. 13, p. 226).

t Harleian MS. 4944, in the British Museum.

t For pedigrees of these families see Publications of the Harleian Society, vol. 13, p.
227. For arms vide supra, p. 235, footnote (the fourth and fifth quarteringa of the
Josselyn arms):

§ Charter Rolls, 1226-1257, p. 161 (published by the British Government).

II For the Hide arms vide supra, p. 235, footnote (the sixth quartering of the Josselyn
arms).

% Ancient Deeds, vol. 3, no. A5130 (published by the British Government).

** lb., vol. 3, no. A5111. This Thomas is omitted in the pedigrees in the Visita-
tions of Essex.

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11. ii. Ralph, b. at the manor of Shellow-Bowels in the parish of Wil-
lingale-Doe, co. Essex, 13 Dec. 1275.

11. Ralph" Jocelyn, of Hide Hall, Sawbridgeworth, co. Herts, and of the
manor of Shellow-Bowels* in the parish of Willingale-Doe, co. Essex,
born at Shellow-Bowels 13 Dec. 1275, died after 1312-13 and before
1323. He married first Anne Sandys, eldest daughter of William;
and secondly Maud Sutton, daughter of Sir John.t Knight, who
married secondly Roger de Bemers and died in 1354-5.

Ralph Jocelyn succeeded his brother Thomas about 1284, and had
livery of his father's lands in Oct. 1297, % having proved his age.§ In
his deposition on this occasion Ralph de Merk of Roothing, co. Essex,
aged forty years, stated that Ralph Jocelyn, son of Thomas, was
. twenty-one years of age on the Feast of St. Lucy the Virgin previous,
that he was born at Shellow and was baptized in the parish church of
Willingale-Doe on the fourth day after his birth, and that he, the de-
ponent, held him at the font and gave him his name.

Ralph Jocelyn held court at Shellow-Bowels in 1298. On 8 Oct.
1302 he held one and a half knight's fees in Shellow and Sawbridge-
worth. || In 1309 he was a commissioner to collect a tax in Hertford-
shire, for the war with Scotland.^! He was living 24 Feb. 1312/13.**

Child by second wife:

12. i. Jeffrey. 12

12. Jeffrey 12 Jocelyn, of Hide Hall in Sawbridgeworth, co. Herts, and of
the manor of Shellow-Bowels or Shellow-Jocelyn in Willingale-Doe,
co. Essex, died between 1360 and 1373. He married Margaret
Rokell, daughter of Robert. On 28 Dec. 1338 he leased the manor
of Shellow-Jocelyn to Robert le Marshall of Northweld and Margery
his wife during their lives, subject to a rent charge of £6 a year during
the life of his (Jeffrey's) mother. This manor passed out of the Jos-
selyn family into the possession of the Torrell family, being called
Torrell's Hall or Shellow-Torrell; but it came again into the possession
of the Josselyns some two hundred years later (vide infra, 23).

Child:
. 13. i. Ralph."

13. Ralph 13 Jocelyn, of Hide Hall in Sawbridgeworth, co. Herts, succeeded
to his father's lands not later than 1373 and died about 1383. He
married Margaret de Patmer, daughter and heiress or coheiress of
John, this John de Patmer being son of John and Sara de Patmer and
grandson of Philip de Patmer of Patmer Hall and his wife, who was
daughter and heiress of John Bawde of Somerby, co. Lincoln.ft In
1373 Ralph Jocelyn held half a knight's fee in Sawbridgeworth.

• There is also a parish in co. Essex called Shellow-Bowels.

t In one of the Visitation pedigrees Sir John Sutton is called Sutton alias Dudley;
but the first John Sutton to assume the additional name of Dudley was born too late
to be the father of Ralph Jocelyn's second wife. See Herald and Genealogist, vol. 5,
p. 111.

1 Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. 1, p. 392 (published by the British Government).

§ Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward I, p. 323 (published by the British
Government).

|| Calendar of Chancery Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. 1, no. 1870 (published by
the British Government).

T Calendar of Patent Rolls, 1307-1313, p. 184 (published by the British] Govern-
ment).
••* lb., pp. 554-555.

tt For the Patmer pedigree see Publications of the Harleian Society, vol. 13, pp. 227-
228. For the arms of this family and of the Bawde family vide supra, p. 235, footnote
(the seventh and eighth quarterings of the Josselyn arms).

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Children:
i. Thomas, 14 d. s.p. after 1407, when he granted Hide Hall to his
brother Jeffrey;* m. Maud de Bbaintree, daughter and heiress
of Adam, who probatory brought to her husband as her marriage
portion the property called Braintrees in Hatfield-Broad-Oak, co.
Essex.

14. ii. Jeffrey.

14. Jeffrey 14 Jocelyn, of Hide Hall in Sawbridgeworth, co. Herts, died in

1425.* Perhaps he married first Katherine , daughter of

Thomas, Lord Bray;f and he married, perhaps secondly, Joan

, who is said to have been daughter of Thomas Berrie. On 17

Oct. 1394 he is recorded as about to go into Ireland in the King's ser-
vice, with Thomas de Percy, steward of the King's household.}: By
his will of 1424, which is now missing, he left Hide Hall to his son and
heir Thomas, subject to the dower of his wife Joan.*
Children by first wife:

15. i. Thomas. 18

ii. . Margery or Margaret.
iii. Elizabeth.

16. iv. Jeffrey.

v. William, a priest, d. s.p.

vi. Sir Ralph, Knight, b. at Sawbridgeworth, co. Herts; d. s.p. 25

Oct. 1478; m. (1) Margery ;§ m. (2) PhilippaMalpas,

who was living 28 Jan. 1450/1, when her husband bought the manor
of Aspenden Hall, co. Herts, dau. of Philip, Lord Mayor of London
in 1448; m. (3) Elizabeth Barley, dau. of William or Henry
of Aspenden, co. Herts. Elizabeth (Barley) Jocelyn m. (2) Sir
Robert Clifford of Brakenborough, Knight, third s. of Lord Clif-
ford, and d. between 1 May 1525 and 20 July 1526.|| The church
at Long Melford, co. Suffolk, contains a fine, old, stained-glass
window representing Sir Robert Clifford, his wife Elizabeth, and her
' first husband, Sir Ralph Jocelyn. Sir Ralph is first of record in

1433, as of Aspenden, being mentioned as one able to spend £10,
perhaps in anticipation of a royal loan. He was a member of the
Company of Drapers of London, was elected alderman from Corn-
hill Ward 29 Nov. 1456, was master of the Company of Drapers
in 1457-8, sheriff in 1458-9, auditor in 1464, lord mayor in 1464-5,
and was created a Knight of the Bath by Edward IV at the coro-
nation of his queen, Elizabeth Woodville, 24 May 1465. He was
a member of Parliament for London in 1467, and was again
elected lord mayor in 1476. If In his mayoralty Sir Ralph had the
wall of London repaired between Aldgate and Aldersgate and the
Fleet Ditch cleaned. He also corrected the abuses of the bakers

* Harleian MS. 4944, in the British Museum.

t Katherine, daughter of Thomas, Lord Bray, may have been the first wife of Jef-
frey's son Jeffrey (vide infra, 16).

t Calendar of Patent Rolls, 1391-1396, p. 494 (published by the British Govern-
ment).

§ Hitherto all writers have agreed in assigning to Sir Ralph Jocelyn but two wives,
PhUippa and Elizabeth; but Geoffrey Chittock, citizen and draper of London, in his
will dated 16 July 1478, endows a chantry in the church of St. Swithin, London Stone,
and directs that the chantry priest shall pray for the souls of Thomas Aylesby, late
draper of London, John and Joan, parents of the said Thomas, Ralph Joscelyn, Knight,
alderman and draper, Margery and Phillip, late wives of the said_ Ralph, and Elizabeth,
his present wife [and others], this endowment being made at the instance and request of
the said Ralph. (Wills in the Court of Hustings, vol. 1, p. 584.) Perhaps Margery,
first wife of Sir Ralph Jocelyn, was identical with the Margery, widow of Thomas
Aylesby, with whom and with others, executors of the will of the said Thomas, Sir Ralph
Jocelyn in 1444 and 1446 sued the creditors of the estate of the said Thomas. (Calen-
dar of Patent Rolls, 1441-1446, pp. 215, 387.) Or perhaps Margery, the first wife of
Sir Ralph, was a daughter of Thomas Aylesby.

II Her wul is on record at Somerset House, in P.C.C., Porch, 9.

\ Cf. Beaven's Aldermen of the City of London.

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15.

and victuallers. In 1471, in the Wars of the Roses, when the
Kentish levies under Thomas Neville, the Bastard of Faucon-
bridge, attacked Bishopsgate and Aldgate, London, in an attempt
to rescue Henry VI from his imprisonment in the Tower, Six Ralph
raised forces and, sallying forth, defeated Neville and his men.
From the point of view of public service he was certainly the most
prominent man of the family. He was bur. in St. Swithin's
Church, London, of which he was a benefactor, in "a fair tomb,"
which was destroyed in the Great Fire in 1666.* A memorial
brass, no longer in existence, was erected to his memory in the
church at Sawbridgeworth, co. Herts, bearing the following in-
scription: "Orate pro aroma Radulphi Joslyne quondam militia
et bis Maioratus Cruitatis London qui obiit xxv. Octob. M. cccc.
lxxviii."t Because of this brass some writers have stated that
he was bur. in the Sawbridgeworth church. The inquisition
post mortem on his estate shows that he died seised of the manors
of Lynclehade and Southcotein co. Bucks; the manor of Chadewell
in Chadewell, Thurrock, East Tilbury, and West Tilbury, the
manor of Bursted, and lands and tenements in West Ham, all
in co. Essex; and the manor of Aspenden Hall in the parishes of
Buntingford, Layston, Throcking. Wyddial, Wakeley, and West-
mill, and the manor of Anstey, all in co. Herts; and that his heir
was George Josselyn, aged 50 years and more at the death of the
said Ralph, s. of his brother Thomas.}

Thomas 16 Josceltn (Jeffrey 1 *), of Hide Hall in Sawbridgeworth, co.
Herts, died before 1478. He married, about 1426, Alice Duke,
daughter of Lewis of Dukes, co. Essex, by bis wife Anna, daughter
and heiress of John Cotton, Esq.
Child:

Geobqe, 1 ' b. in 1428.

He married first
A memorial brass

17. i

16. Jeffrey 16 Josseltn (Jeffrey 1 *) died 2 Jan. 1470/1.

Katherine ; § and secondly Joan .

in the church at Sawbridgeworth, co. Herts, where they are buried, is
inscribed: "Hie iacent Galfredus Ioslyne & Katherine, ac Joanna
vxor eius, qui obiit ii Januar M cccc lxx."||
Child by first wife:

18. i. John. 18

* Stow's Survey of London, 1598.

t Weever's Ancient Funeral Monuments of Great Britaine, Ireland and the Hands
Adjacent, p. 649.

t Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward IV, file 66, no. 28. Sir Henry Chauncy, in his
Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire, published in 1700, makes a mistake which has
been repeated by all later biographers of Sir Ralph Joeelyn. This is his statement that
Sir Ralph had a son Richard, of Fidlers in Writtle, co. Essex, whose daughter Beatrice
married John Browne. According to the Visitation of Essex of 1612 (.Publications of
the Harleian Society, vol. 13, p. 163) John Browne married Beatrix, daughter to Richard
Josselyn of Fidelers in county Essex, son and heir to "Alderman Josselyn whoe lyeth
buryed at St. Mary at Hill." (A later hand, perhaps Chauncy's, has changed the place
of burial to St. Swithin's, London Stone.) Now this statement, as it stood originally,
was correct. Richard Gosselyn, ironmonger and alderman of London, in his will dated
20 Apr. 1428, requests that his body be buried in the church of St. Mary at Hill and
mentions his wife Beatrice and, among other children, his son Richard. (Wills in the
Court of Hustings, vol. 1, p. 463.) He is obviously not identical with Sir Ralph Joee-
lyn, nor did he belong to the family with which this article is concerned.^ Moreover,
the inquisition post mortem, mentioned above, states that the heir of Sir Ralph was
George Josselyn, son of Ralph's brother Thomas.

§ As has been stated above (p. 239, footnote), Katherine, daughter of Thomas,
Lord Bray, may have been the wife of Jeffrey (16) rather than the wife of his father

j| Weever's Ancient Funeral Monuments of Great Britaine, Ireland and the Bands
Adjacent, p. 550. Some authorities say that the reading in the inscription is "xx
Januar," not "ii Januar." This brass has been wrongly ascribed to the father of this
man, Jeffrey Joeelyn (14).

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17. George 18 Josseltn (Thomas™, Jeffrey 14 ), of Hide Hall in Sawbridge-
worth, co. Herts, and of Sheering, co. Essex, bom in 1428, died after
1480, the year in which he settled Hide Hall on his son Ralph.* He
married Matjd Bardolph, daughter and heir of Edmund. He is
said to have been called " Jocelyn the Courtier." He was heir of his
uncle, Sir Ralph (14, vi), and at the death of the latter in 1478 was

said to be fifty years and more of age.f
Children:

i. Ralph, 17 b. abt. 1455; d. in 1504; m. abt. 1480t Katherine Mar-
tin, living in 1513, dau. and coheiress of Richard of Faversham,
co. Kent. Ralph Josselyn was collector of the alien subsidy for
co. Herts in 1488/9, commissioner of gaol deliveries in 1499, 1503,
and 1504, and justice of the peace from 1486 until his death.
Children: 1. George,™ a priest, b. abt. 1490;* d. s.p. after 1524;
he sold Hide Hall to his uncle, John Josselyn (19), in 15134 2.
Gabriel, b. abt. 1492; d. s.p. after 1524; in 1513 he released his
rights in Hide Hall to his uncle, John Josselyn. 3. John, b. abt.

1494; d. in 1553; m. Anne ; Margaret, his dau. and heiress,

m. John Foxley.

19. ii. John, b. abt. 1460.

hi. Phtxjp, a priest^ b. abt. 1462; d. abt. 1509. He was inducted as
vicar of Sawbridgeworth, co. Herts, 22 Dec. 1487, and later was
vicar of High Rodmg, co. Essex, holding this living until his death.
His successor was inducted there 23 June 1509.

iv. Elizabeth, d. before 1524; m. Robert FttzHerbebt, who d. before
1524. Child: 1. Anne, m. John Bettenham.

18. John 18 Josseltn (Jeffrey, 15 Jeffrey 1 *), of Sheering, co. Essex, died before

Aug. 1524. He married Anne .

Children:

20. i. Ralph," b. abt. 1475.

ii. Philip, b. abt. 1477; on a subsidy list at Braintree, co. Essex, in
1524/5; m. Agnes Davtes, dau. of Robert. Child: 1. Philip,™
of Little Leighs, co. Essex, d. abt. 1552;§ m. Anne Brooke, who
survived nim ; dau. of John; his dau. Susan m. Thomas Wilson of
Jenkins in Stisted, co. Essex.

ill. Jeffrey, b. abt. 1479; living in 1525; on a subsidy list at Sheering,
co. Essex, in 1513-14. Child: 1. Thomas,™ d. 6 July 1552; m.
Elizabeth Hadleigh, who d. 17 Apr. 1587, dau. of Nicholas; his s.
Thomas d. 17 Sept. 1611, and to the latter's s. Thomas the
ancient arms of the Josselyns were allowed or confirmed at the
Visitation of London of 1633-4.N

iv. Agnes or Anne, b. abt. 1481; m. Thomas Poole.

19. John 17 Josseltn (George, 16 Thomas, 15 Jeffrey 14 ), of Newhall Josselyn in
High Roding, co. Essex, and of Hide Hall in Sawbridgeworth, co.
Herts, the testator of 1524, born about 1460, died 14 July 1525.f He
married first, before 1492/3, Cicely (Molineux) FitzHerbert,
who died 7 July 1502, the inquisition post mortem being taken 12 Feb.
1503/4, daughter of John Molineux of Chipping Campden, co.
Gloucester, and widow of Henry FitzHerbert; and secondly Philtppa
(Bradburt) Barlet, the testatrix of 1530, who died after 14 Oct.

• Exchequer Inquisitions Post Mortem, file 295, no. 6. (Public Eecord Office, Lon-
don.)

t Vide supra, p. 240.

t Feet of Fines, Hertfordshire, Trinity Term, 5 Henry VIH. (Public Record
Office, London.)

§ His original will, dated the last of July 1552, is in the Commissary Court of Lon-
don for Essex and Herts [Somerset House], 1552.

M Vide supra, p^235,_ footnote.

. Inquisitions Post Mortem, Chancery Series 2, vol. 45, no. 9. (Public Record
Office, London.)

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1530, daughter of William and Jane (FitzWilliams) Bradbury of
Littlebury and Wicken-Bonhunt, co. Essex,* and widow of John Bar-
ley of Stapleford-Abbotts, co. Essex.

John Josselyn bought of his nephew, George Josselyn (17, i, 1), the
ancestral estate of Hide Hall in 1513.f Besides the two estates above
mentioned he had others in High Roding, Great Dunmow, Aythorpe-
Roding, Tillingham, King's Hatfield or Hatfield-Broad-Oak, Shellow-
Bowels, Great Waltham, Little Hallingbury, Little Canfield, and
Much or Great Canfield, all in co. Essex. He and his wife were buried in
the priory of King's Hatfield, and in the chancel of the ancestral church
in Sawbridgeworth was erected a stately tomb, with recumbent figures
(carved in stone but now much defaced) of him and his wife Philippa.
Above is a marble tablet, bearing the inscription: "Heare Lyeth John
Jocelyn Esqr., and Philippa his wife which John Dyed Ao Dom 1525."
It seems probable that, when the priory at King's Hatfield was de-
stroyed at the dissolution of the monasteries in 1538, their bodies were
removed to Sawbridgeworth.
Children by first wife:J

i. Philip, 18 d. young.

ii. Nicholas, b. in 1498; d. between Feb. 1503/4 and 1524.

Children by second wife:

21. iii. Thomas, b. abt. 1507.

iv. Jane or Joan, d. in 1569; bur. in the church at Burnham, co.

Bucks; m. Sir Nicholas Wentworth of Lillingstone-Lovell, co.

Bucks, Knight, s. of Henry and Joan (FitzSymonds). Children:

1. Peter, b. before 1530. 2. Henry, b. before 1530. 3. Clare,

b. in or before 1530. 4. Paul.
v. Anne, m. after 1530 John Bagott or Bagshott of Blofield, co.

Norfolk, Esq.

20. Ralph" Josselyn (John, 16 Jeffrey, 1 * Jeffrey 1 *), of Much or Great Can-
field, co. Essex, the testator of 1525, born about 1475, died after 30
May 1525. He married Elizabeth Cornish, daughter and coheiress
of William, who survived him, and, with her daughter Agnes, was a
legatee in the will of Philippa Josselyn, widow of John (19) of High
Roding, co. Essex, dated 15 Oct. 1530. Ralph Josselyn was heir in
reversion to the lands of this John of High Roding, his second cousin,
in case of the death of John's sons and nephews without male issue.
He was taxed on goods valued at £26 in 1523/4 and 1524—5; and his
widow was taxed on lands valued at 40s. a year from 1542 to 1546,
after which no record of her has been found. He probably held his
lands in Great Canfield of John Josselyn (19).
Children:

i. Agnes, 18 b. abt. 1499; d. after 1558; m. Sir John Wiseman of
Canfield, co. Essex, Knight, who d. 17 Aug. 1558, s. of William
and Mary (Glascock). He was one of the auditors to King Henry
VIII, and bought Great Canfield Park, with lands lying in Great
and Little Canfield, Takeley, and King's Hatfield (or Hatfield-
Broad-Oak), co. Essex. He and his wife are buried in the church
of Great Canfield. Children: 1. John, m. Margery Waldegrave,
dau. of Sir William of co. Suffolk, Knight; four children. 2.
William, d. s.p. 3. A son, d. s.p. 4. Robert, gentleman pen-
sioner to Queen Elizabeth, d. s.p.: m. five times. 5. Thomas,
d. in July 1563; bur. at Chelmsford, co. Essex. 6. Philippa, m.
(1) William Glascock of Minchins in Great Dunmow, co. Essex;
m. (2) after 1558 Andrew Pascall; six children by first husband.

• They were ancestors of Thomas Bradbury, the emigrant to New England.

t Vide supra, p. 241.

t The Genealogist, New Series, vol. 3, pp. 141-142.

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7. Margaret, m. (1) Everard; m. (2) Church. 8.

Margery, m. (1) John Pascal! of Great Baddow, co. Essex; m. (2)

Reade. 9. Clemence, m. Richard Everard of Waltham,

co. Essex, s. of Richard and Mary (Wood): six children. 10.
Katherine, m. Thomas Young of Youngs Newland in Roxwell, co.

Essex, s. of Thomas and (Stevens).* 11. Anne, m. (1)

John Lindsell; m. (2) after 1558 John Glascock of Roxwell, co.
Essex.

ii. Phtlip, of Much or Great Canfield, co. Essex, b. abt. 1501; heir to
his father's freehold lands and to the tenement called Caldres and
Cokmemys; taxed in 1543 for goods valued at £10.
22. iii. Ralph, b. abt. 1503.

iv. Nicholas, b. abt. 1506; under twenty-one years of age when his
father made his will in 1525.

v. Dents (dau.), b. abt. 1508; living unm. in 1525.

21 . Sir Thomas 18 Josselyn (John, 17 George, 16 Thomas, 1 * Jeffrey™) , of Hide Hall
in Sawbridgeworth, co. Herts, and of Newhall Josselyn in High Roding,
co. Essex, Knight, the testator of 1561, was born about 1507, being
eighteen years of age at the time of his father's death, f and died 24 Oct.
1562. He married, in 1524, Dorothy Gates, the testatrix of 1579,
who died before 11 Feb. 1582/3, daughter of Sir Jeffrey of High
Roding, co. Essex, Knight, by bis wife Elizabeth Clopton, daughter of
Sir William of Kentwell, co. Suffolk, Knight. Sir John Gates, Knight,
brother of Dorothy (Gates) Josselyn, was captain of the Guard of
Edward VI, chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and a member of
the Privy Council. Sir Thomas, after the suppression of the monas-
teries, bought of Henry VIII, 28 Apr. 1540, the manor of Cowickbury
in Sheering, co. Essex, for £314. 4s. 4d. This he sold in 1556. In
1540 he received from the King a grant of the manor of Bromeshobury
in Hatfield-Broad-Oak, co. Essex. He bought the manor of High
Roding in 1553-4. He also had lands in Aythorpe-Roding and Can-
field, co. Essex, and in Sawbridgeworth, co. Herts, he had the ances-
tral estate of Hide Hall. He was created Knight of the Bath at the
coronation of Edward VI., 20 Feb. 1547/8. He and his wife lie
buried in the Sawbridgeworth church.
Children:

i. Mabt, u b. abt. 1525; living in 1561; m. (1) John Keble; m. (2)
before 1561 John Glascock of Notley and of Powers Hall,
Witham, co. Essex, s. of Richard and Grace (Musgrave). Child
by second husband: 1. Martha, m. Edmond Aleyne of Hatfield-
Peverel, co. Essex, e. of John and Elizabeth (Alabaster).

ii. Richard, of Hide Hall in Sawbridgeworth, co. Herts, and of New-
hall Josselyn in High Roding, co. Essex, b. abt. 1526-7; d. in Sept.
1575; J m. (1) Alice Shelton, dau. of Sir John, Knight, and
Margaret (Parker); m. (2) Anne Lucas, dau. of Thomas, Esq.,
and Mary (Jermyn) of Bury St. Edmunds and Little Homing-
sheath, co. Suffolk. Anne m. (2) Higham, d. at Hide Hall

in Apr. 1604 ? and was bur. in the chancel of the Sawbridgeworth
church. Children by second wife: 1. Jane or Joan 20 (twin), b. in
1561 ; m. abt. 1587§ Francis Reeve of Hubbard Hall in Harlow, co.

* Thomas Young, son of Thomas and Katherine (Wiseman) (20, i, 10), married
Parnell Hun wick, daughter and coheiress of William; and Thomas Young, son of
Thomas and Parnell (Hun-wick), married Elizabeth Elliot, daughter and heiress of
Edward and Jane (Gedge) of Newlands Hall in Roxwell. The father and grandfather
of Thomas Josselyn (28), the emigrant to New England, held their lands in Roxwell
of this Edward Elliot.

t Inquisitions Post Mortem, Chancery Series 2, vol. 45, no. 9. (Public Record
Office, London.)

X Inquisitions Post Mortem, Wards and Liveries, vol. 17, no. 47. (Public Record
Office, London.)

§ Chancery Depositions, Elizabeth to Charles I, J. 5/3. (Public Record Office,
London.)

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Essex,'b. abt. 1561, living in 1637,* s. of William and Rose (Army-
ger); no issue. 2. Mary (twin), b. in 1561, m. Thomas Pellett
of Bignor, co. Sussex; two children. 3. Richard, b. in 1564;f
bur. at Sawbridgeworth in Oct. 1605;* m. at St. Dunstan's in the
West, London, 15 July 1595, Joyce Atkinson, dau. of Robert of
the Loner Temple, London, by his wife Joyce (Ashfield); she
survived him and m. (2) William Bennett; three children, the
eldest s., Robert, 21 being ancestor of the earls of Roden, whose
family name is Jocelyn. 4. Winifred, b. in 1571; m. Sylvester
Dodsworth. 5. Keyte, b. abt. 1573; d. young. 6. John, b. abt.
1575; d. in 1613/14;* m. abt. 1599 Elizabeth Wiseman, who d.
in 1629,§ dau. of William and Mary (Cooke) of Mayland, co.
Essex; he matriculated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, in the
autumn of 1589; was of Hide Hall, Sawbridgeworth, which he had
leased of his brother Richard, and of Gray's Inn, London; five
children.ll
iii. Thomas, b. abt. 1528; d. s.p. after 1561; matriculated at Queen's

College, Cambridge, in the autumn of 1545.
iv. John, the testator of 19 July 1602; b. abt. the end of 1529 [1529/30];
d. 28 Dec. 1603; bur. in the church of High Roding, co. Essex,
where a monument with a very laudatory inscription was erected
to his memory. He matriculated at Queen's College, Cambridge,
in the autumn of 1545, took his degree of B.A. in 1548/9, was made
a fellow of his college m 1549, and took his degree of M.A. in 1552.
He was lecturer in Latin at Queen's in 1551-2, lecturer in Greek
in 1551-2 and in 1555-6, dean of philosophy in 1552, and bursar
in 1555-1557. He resigned his fellowship in 1557, and in 1558
became Latin secretary to Archbishop Parker, under whose
direction he collected the material for "De Antiquitate Britan-
nicae Ecclesiae, " published by that prelate in 1572. He was one
of the earliest students of Anglo-Saxon, and in conjunction with
the Archbishop's son, John, compiled an Anglo-Saxon and Latin
Dictionary. He also wrote the "Lives of the Archbishops" and
the "History of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge." In 1560
the Archbishop made him a prebend of Hereford Cathedral, an
office which he resigned in 1577, when the Archbishop gave him
the living of Hollingbourne, co. Kent. In his will he bequeathed
£100 for the founding of a Hebrew lectureship at Queen's College,
and placed on record his dislike of the Church of Rome.Y
v. Leonard, b. in 1530; d. s.p. before 1561.

vi. Jane, b. abt. 1532; d. before 1602; m. (1) Richard Kelton; m.
(2), as his third wife, Roger Harlakenden** of Earl's Colne, co.

* Chancery Depositions, Elizabeth to Charles I, J. 5/3. (Public Record Office.)

t Inquisitions Post Mortem, Chancery Series 2, voL 173, no. 43. (Public Record
Office, London.)

J His original will is in the Commissary Court of London for Essex and Herts
[Somerset House], 1614.

§ Her original will is in the Court of the Archdeaconry of Colchester [Somerset
House], 1629/30, no. 22.

II These five children were: 1. John, 11 born at Sawbridgeworth in 1602; died in
1670; married Mary Alein, daughter of Nathaniel of Stunner, co. Essex, and had issue;
he matriculated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, in the spring of 1622, and resided at
Feering, co. Essex; in his will (P.C.C., Penn, 166) he states that he, his father, and his
son Nathaniel were all educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, mentions the found-
ing of a Hebrew lectureship by his great-uncle and godfather, John Josselyn (21, iv),
and makes Rev. Ralph Josselin, the diarist (27, iii), a distributor of his charities. 2.
Thomas, died in 1639; matriculated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, in the spring of
1619; A.B., 1622/3; A.M., 1626; vicar of Mayland, co. Essex. 3. Edward, of Col-
chester, co. Essex, living in 1672; married and had issue. 4. Robert, of Colchester,
co. Essex, died in 1649; either he or his brother Edward was probably the " Cosin
Josselin" mentioned by Rev. Ralph Josselin in his diary under date of 7 Sept. 1646
(vide supra, p. 234). 5. Martha, married William Pennoyer and had issue; for the
wills of William Pennoyer and Martha, his widow, vide Register, vol. 45, pp. 158-160,
or Waters's Genealogical Gleanings in England, vol. 1, pp. 504-506.
1 Cf. the sketch of his life in the Dictionary of National Biography.
** Grandfather of Roger Harlakenden, of Mabel, wife of Gov. John Haynes, and of
Dorothy, wife of Deputy-Gov. Samuel Symonds, all emigrants to New England.

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Essex, and of co. Kent, who d. in 1602, s. of John and Joan
(Phillips).

23. vii. Henry, b. at Willingale-Doe, co. Essex, abt. 1540.
viii. EdWabd, of Loddington, co. Northampton, b. abt. 1548 and bapt.

by Archbishop Cranmer, King Edward VI being his godfather;
d. 15 Apr. 1627;* m. Mary Lambe, who d. 22 Feb. 1614/15,
dau. and heiress of John of co. Middlesex. Children: 1.
Mary* m. Peter Gates of London; had issue. 2. Henry, of
Oakington, co. Cambridge, d. s.p. between 1653/4 and 1657.t
3. John, a. young. 4. Thomas, d. s.p. 5. Winifred, m. John
Syday of Bures-Mount, co. Essex; had issue. 6. Jane, d. abt.
1637, administration on her estate being granted to her brother
Henry 4 Nov. 1637. 7. Dorothy, living in 1653/4; m. (1) Richard

Stubbins; m. (2) Martin; had issue. 8. Anne,m.

Lovett; had issue. 9. Elizabeth, living unm. 11 June 1657,
when she proved her brother Henry's m

22. Ralph 18 Josselyn' (Ralph, 17 John, 1 ' Jeffrey, 1 * Jeffrey 14 ), of Much or

Great Canfield, co. Essex, and later probably of Fyfield, co. Essex,
born about 1503, probably died before 1546, as his name is not found
in the very complete subsidy for that year, although the names of his
mother and his sons appear. No will or administration of his estate
is now extant. The name of his wife is unknown.
Children:

i. Simon, u the testator of 1577/8, b. abt. 1523; d. between 15 Mar.
1577/8 and 3 Feb. 1578/9; m. at Fyfield, co. Essex, 12 pet. 1544,
Margaret Poole, who survived him. He was taxed in Fyfield
in the subsidy for 1546 on goods valued at £20, and shortly there-
after moved to Felstead, co. Essex, abt. ten miles north from
Fyfield. Children: 1. Ralph,™ heir to his father's lands, b. and
bapt. 5 Dec. 1546; in the subsidies for Felstead as late as 1620.
2. John, b. abt. 1550; living in 1577/8. 3. Jeffrey, b. abt.
1555; living in 1576/7, when he was mentioned in the will of his
father, and in 1604/5, when he was mentioned in the will of his first
cousin, Thomas Josselyn (24, ii) of Rochford, co. Essex, who re-
mitted a debt owed by him.

24. ii. John, b. abt. 1525.

iii. Agnes, b. abt. 1527; m. at Fyfield, co. Essex, 14 Sept. 1544, John
Tornishe.

23. Henry 19 Josselyn (Sir Thomas, 1 * John, 17 George, 16 Thomas, 15 Jeffrey 1 *),

of Torrell's Hall in the parish of WilKngale-Doe, co. Essex, Esq., the
testator of 1587, born at Willingale-Doe about 1540, was buried in
the church there 25 Aug. 1587. He married, about 1562, Anne
Torrell, born abt. 12 Dec. 1542,$ died 30 May 1589,§ daughter and
heiress of Humphrey and Alice (Leventhorp) of Torrell's Hall in
West Thurrock and Torrell's Hall or Shellow-Torrell in the parish of
Willingale-Doe, co. Essex. This latter property was formerly called
Shellow-Jocelyn, and was at one time held by Jeffrey Josselyn (12).
Children:

i. Humphrey,* b. abt. 1563; d. s.p. between 1579, when he was men-
tioned in his grandmother's will, and 1587, when he was not
mentioned in his father's will.

ii. Mary, b. abt. 1565; m. (1), by licence dated 18 June 1583, Edward
Harris of Southminster, co. Essex, s. of William and Anne
(Rutter): m. (2) Sir Robert Leigh of Chingford, co. Essex,
Knight, b. abt. 1567, d. 18 June 1622, s. of Robert; m. (3) Sir

* His will, proved 26 Apr. 1627, is in P.C.C., Skinner, 42.
t Hia will, proved 11 June 1657, is in P.C.C., Ruthen, 216.
t Inquisitions Post Mortem, Chancery Series 2, vol. 70, fo. 22.
§ 7b., vol. 224, fo. 44. Vide supra, p. 24, for record of administration on her estate
is 1591.

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25. iii.
iv.

v.
vi.

vu.

vui.

IX.

xi.

xii.

Ralph Canteell of Hemingstone and Bury St. Edmunds, "co.
Suffolk, Knight, a. of Ralph and Anne (Silhsder). Children by
first husband: 1. Anne. 2. Arthur, d. in 1589. Children by
second husband: 3. Robert. 4. Thomas. 5. Edward. 6. Mary.
7. Elizabeth. 8. Grace. 9. A daughter.

Thomas, b. abt. 1567.

Grace, b. abt. 1569; living in 1602; m. William Ball of Cam-
bridge. Children: 1. Thomas. 2. Edward, living in 1653/4.*
3. Dudley, m. George Evelyn. 4. Anne, m. Ratcliffe Todd of
Stunner, co. Essex; living, with her husband and dau. Anne,
in 1653/4.*

Anne, b. abt. 1571; living in 1653/4; d. s.p.; m. Roger Higham of
Cowlidge near Newmarket, co. Cambridge.

Francis, b. abt. 1573; d., probably s.p., before 9 Mar. 1618/19,
when administration on his estate was granted to his brother
Anthony; m. after 1604 Lady Margaret (Ttrrell) (Daniel)
Fitch, who was bur. at Chignal St. James, co. Essex, 27 Dec.
1613, dau. and coheiress of Edmund Tyrrell of the Beeches in
Rawreth, co. Essex, and widow of John Daniel and of Sir Francis
Fitch, Knight (who d. 2 Oct. 1604). Francis Josselyn matricu-
lated at Jesus College, Cambridge, at Christmas 1592. He was
of Crundon Park, Orsett, co. Essex, at the time of his death.

Henry, b. abt. 1575; d. s.p. in 1606; matriculated at Jesus College,
Cambridge, at Christmas 1592; B.A. 1595/6; M.A. 1599; a
fellow of the College.

Winifred, b. abt. 1577; living in 1605, when she was mentioned in
her brother Christopher's will; m. after 1602 Thomas or Richard
Scott. Child: 1. Mary.

Anthony, b. abt. 1579; d. in 1648; living unm. in 1627.

Elizabeth, b. abt. 1581; m. after 1605 John Yardley.

Christopher, of High Roding, co. Essex, gentleman, the testator
of 1605, b. abt. 1583; d. s.p. abt. 1605.

Katherine, b. abt. 1585; m. after 1605 John Hanson. Child: 1.
Elizabeth.

24. John 19 Josselyn {Ralph, 19 Ralph, 17 John, 1 " Jeffrey, 1 * Jeffrey 1 *), of Fyfield,
Chignal-Smealy, and RoxwelL co. Essex, born about 1525, was buried
at Roxwell 18 Feb. 1578/9. He married at Fyfield, 15 Jan. 1544/5,
Alice Nevell, widow, probably the Widow Joslin who was buried at
Roxwell 31 Jan. 1600/1.

John Josselyn is first of record at Fyfield, where he lived for a year and
a half, at least, after his marriage. Between 16 June 1546, when he
is taxed at Fyfield, and 20 Apr. 1547, when he is taxed at Chignal-
Smealy, he moved to the latter parish, six miles northeast from Fyfield,
although one of his children was later baptized in the latter place, prob-
ably having been born there while her mother was visiting relatives.
At some time between 1551/2 and 1561 he moved to Roxwell, which
lies between Fyfield and Chignal-Smealy, and there he lived the rest of
his life. A glance at the map of Essex shows how close to the old an-
cestral seats of the family this branch of it remained. Fyfield is six
miles from Great Canfield, seven miles from Newhall Josselyn in
High Roding (both parishes being in co. Essex), five miles from Hide
Hall in Sawbridgeworth, co. Herts, and two miles from Torrell's
Hall, anciently called Shellow-Jocelyn, in Willingale-Doe, co. Essex.
Roxwell is six miles from Newhall Josselyn, ten miles from Hide Hall,
two miles from Torrell's Hall, seven miles from Great Canfield, and
five miles from Fyfield. By a fine dated 1 and 18 May 1573 John
Josselyn acquired of William Water the property called Bollinghatch in
Newland hamlet in the parish of Roxwell, consisting of a house, gar-

* Will of Henry Josselyn, a cousin, 1653/4. (P.C.C., Ruthen, 216.)

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den, orchard, one hundred and forty acres of land, ten acres of meadow,
ten acres of pasture, and ten acres of wood. This property, now
called Boldinghatch, lies about two miles northeast from the church at
Roxwell and about half a mile from Good Easter, co. Essex, where in
the next generation a kinsman of John Josselyn, Rev. Jeffrey Josslyn,*
held the living for fifty years. John Josselyn held Bollinghatch of the
manor of Newland Hall, the lord of the manor, Edward Elliot, being a
connection by marriage, his daughter Elizabeth having married
Thomas Young, third cousin of John Josselyn.f At the time of his
death John Josselyn also held of the Queen a house and land called
Searles in Roxwell, with other land in Roxwell held of the manor of
Fambridge End and land called Thistledowns in Shellow-Bowels and
Willingale-Doe held of Henry Josselyn (23) as of his manor of Torrell's
Hall.
Children:

i. Helenora, 20 b. and bapt. at Fyfield, co. Essex, 1 Feb. 1545/6.

ii. Thomas, of Rochford, co. Essex, yeoman, the testator of 1604/5, b.
abt. 1548; d. s.p. between 5 Mar. 1604/5 and 12 Dec. 1606; m.

(1) Sames, widow of Henry of Totham, co. Essex; m. (2)

Margaret ( — ) (Taynter) Nuttall, widow of Tainter

and Nuttall. She was the testatrix of 1619, and d. be-
tween 11 Oct. 1619 and 8 Feb. 1619/20. Thomas Josselyn was
heir to his father's lands, and it is to his will that we owe our
knowledge of his father's family. He was a staunch Puritan, as
his bequests to Puritan ministers show.

iii. Alice, bapt. at Fyfield, co. Essex, 13 Jan. 1549/50; probably d.
s.p. before 1604/5; m. at Roxwell, co. Essex, 29 Nov. 1566,
Peter Saul.

iv. Richard, b. probably at Chignal-Smealy, co. Essex, abt. 1552; d.
s.p.; bur. at Roxwell, co. Essex, 21 Dec. 1579.

v. John the Elder, of Mountnessing, co. Essex, yeoman, the testator
of 21 Apr. 1602, b. probably at Chignal-Smealy, co. Essex, abt.
1554; d. between 21 Apr. and 8 June 1602; m. at Roxwell, co.
Essex, 13 Sept. 1579, Joan Weld, who d. before him. Children:
1. Mary, 21 m. Richard Dane; mentioned with her husband and
three children in the will of her brother Henry in 1611; three
children. 2. Henry, the testator of 1611, d. s.p. between 16 and
30 July 1611. 3. John the Elder, living in 1620/l.J 4. Joan,
probably d. before 1611. 5. John the Younger, citizen and mer-
chant tailor of London on 30 Jan. 1620/1, when he was plaintiff
in a chancery suit 4
26. vi. Ralph, b., probably at Chignal-Smealy, co. Essex, abt. 1556.

vii. Joan, b. probably at Chignal-Smealy, co. Essex, abt. 1558; living
in 1604/5 ;§ m. at Roxwell, co. Essex, 8 July 1576, Robert Lee
or Lees, who was living in 1604/5.§ Children: 1. Joan (prob-
ably dau. of 24, vii), m. Edmund Thornton of Shopland, co.
Essex; both were living in 1604/5.§ 2. Rose (probably dau. of
24, vii), m. John Elliott of Little Stambridge, co. Essex; both
were living in 1604/5.§ 3. Lydia, living in 1604/5.§
viii. Elizabeth, b., probably at Chignal-Smealy, co. Essex; abt. 1559-60;
living in 1604/5;§ m. Sumner. They had issue.§

* This Puritan clergyman is called " kinsman " in the will of Thomas Josselyn (24,
ii), but the relationship between the two men is not quite clear. The clergyman
may possibly have been the son Jeffrey mentioned in the will of Simon, son of Ralph
(22), or he may have been one of the descendants of Jeffrey, son of John (18). If he
■was the son of Simon, who was the Jefferye Joslyn to whom Thomas (24, ii) remitted a
debt in his will? Rev. Jeffrey Josslyn entered Jesus College, Cambridge, at Easter
1571, was made B.A. in 1574/5 and M.A. in 1578, was vicar of Shellow-Bowels, 1581-
1585, and of Good Easter, 1585-1635, both in co. Essex, and died in 1635.

t Vide supra, p. 243, footnote.

t Chancery Proceedings, James I, Bundle I. 1, no. 43. (Public Record Office,
London.)

§ Mentioned in the will of Thomas Josselyn (24, ii), dated 5 Mar. 1604/5.

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ix. Simon, bapt. at Roxwell, co. Essex, 12 Oct. 1561; d. s.p. abt. Jan.

1643/4.
x. John the Younger, of Rivenhall, co. Essex, husbandman, the

testator of 1596/7, bapt. at Roxwell, co. Essex, 27 Nov. 1563; d.

between 7 Feb. and 17 Mar. 1596/7; m. Mart Cave, who survived

him, dau. of Thomas. Children: 1. John, 21 living in 1604/5,
. when he is mentioned in his uncle Thomas's will. 2. Mary.
xi. Philippa, bapt. at Roxwell, co. Essex, 21 Aug. 1566; living in

1604/5, when she is mentioned in the will of her brother Thomas;

m. John Goodat, who was living in 1611, when he is named as

overseer of the will of Henry Josselyn (24, v, 2), his wife's nephew.
xii. A daughter, m. Batllie. She and her three younger and

minor children are mentioned in the will of her brother Thomas

in 1604/5.

25. Sir Thomas 20 Josselyn (Henry, 1 * Sir Thomas, 1 * John, 17 George, 1 '
Thomas lb Jeffrey 1 *), of Torrell's Hall in Willingale-Doe, co. Essex,
Knight, was born about 1567.* The date of bis death has not been
discovered. He married first, at Hatfield-Broad-Oak, co. Essex, in
Apr. 1589, Dorothy (Frank) Scott, who died 17 May 1602, daughter
of John and Cicely Frank of Hatfield-Broad-Oak and widow of George
Scott, by whom she had two daughters; and secondly, about 1603,
Theodora (Cooke) Bere, who was buried at Bexley, co. Kent, 13
Aug. 1635, daughter of Edmund Cooke of Lesnes Abbey, Erith, and
Mount Mascall, Bexley, co. Kent, by his wife Elizabeth (daughter
and coheiress of John Nichols), and widow of Clement Bere of Dart-
ford, co. Kent, by whom she had two sons and a daughter. The first
marriage of Sir Thomas took place two months after the death of his
wife's first husband, in her father's house, during the absence of her
parents,! by a strange minister, contrary to the law of the Church,
which made it obligatory for the couple to be married in the parish
church of one of the parties, by the vicar or rector thereof, or by licence.
Because of these circumstances both bride and groom were excommu-
nicated, and the sentence of excommunication was not removed until
15 Oct. 15904 Sir Thomas was knighted by King James I on 11 May
1603. He lived at Torrell's Hall in Wilhngale-Doe, co. Essex, at
Littleport in the Isle of Ely, co. Cambridge, in 1622, and probably
also on his second wife's property in co. Kent. He was appointed by
Sir Ferdinando Gorges deputy-governor of all his possessions in New
England, and sailed to New England in the ship Nicholas, arriving at
Black Point, in what is now the State of Maine, 14 July 1638.§ He
returned to England before 3 September 1639.

Children by first wife:
i. Torrell, 21 b. 28 May 1590; of Moynes Hall, Holywell, co. Hunt-
ingdon, in 1649, when he had a lawsuit with two of his sister
Anne's children and their husbands; m. (1) in 1616 Elizabeth
Brooke, b. in 1596, d. 21 Oct. 1622, dau. of Sir Richard of Nor-
ton, co. Chester, Knight, by his wife Joan Chaderton, dau. of Wil-
liam, Bishop of Lincoln;|| m. (2) at Stepney, co. Middlesex, 5 Mar.

* Inquisitions Post Mortem, Chancery Series 2, vol. 224, fo. 44. The Trelawney
Papers say that he was 78 in 1638, a statement which would place his birth in 1560.

t Chancery Proceedings, Elizabeth, Bundle I. 12, no. 18, and Bundle J. 5, no. 60.
(Public Record Office, London.)

± Vide supra, p. 227.

§ Cf. The Trelawney Papers.

f| Fearing that she would not survive her child's birth (she lived only nine days
thereafter), Elizabeth (Brooke) Josselyn wrote a touching letter to her unborn child, in
which she gently but earnestly exhorted her son or daughter to piety and good conduct.
To this was prefixed a letter to her husband, giving him sensible advice on bringing
up the child. In 1624 these letters were published under the title: The Mother's Leg-
acie to her Unborne Childe, and other editions followed. Cf. Dictionary of National
Biography.

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1632/3, by licence of that date, Elizabeth (Jacob) Wilmer of
Stratford-by-Bow, co. Middlesex, b. abt. 1596, dau. of Abraham
Jacob of London and widow of Thomas Wilmer of Stifford, co.
Essex, and Stratford-by-Bow. Child by first wife: 1. Theo-
dora, 12 b. 12 Oct. 1622; m. Samuel Fortrey, to whom her half
uncle, John Josselyn (25, xiv), dedicated his book entitled "New-
Englands Rarities Discovered."

ii. Dorothy, b. abt. 1592; d. s.p. in 1613; bur. in the chancel of the
church of Willingale-Doe, co. Essex; m. Thomas Brewster of
the Middle Temple, London, and of BurwelL co. Lincoln, s. of
John and Tamsen (Peirce).

ill. Henry, b. abt. 1593; d. young.

iv. Henry, b. abt. 1594; d. young. »

v. Anne, b. abt. 1595; m. Sir William Mildmay, Knight. Children:

1. Robert. 2. John. 3. . 4. Anne, m. (1)

Bigg; m. (2) Henry Glisson, physician. 5. Elizabeth, m. Samuel
Peck. 6. Jane, d. young. 7. Dorothy.

vi. Thomas, b. abt. 1596; d. s.p. at Bergen op Zoom, Holland, in 1635.

vii. Elizabeth, b. abt. 1597; m. Francis Netle. Children: 1.
Francis. 2. John. 3. Mary.

viii. Mary, b. abt. 1598; d. s.p.

ix. Frances, b. 26 Mar. 1600; m. Rev. Clement Vincent.

x. Edward (twin), b. abt. Jan. 1601/2;* d. at Smyrna in 1648; m. in
the Kingdom of Georgia a native of that country. Child: 1.
Dorothy. 2 *

xi. Benjamin (twin), b. abt. Jan. 1601/2; living in Feb. 1622/3.*

Children by second wife:

xii. Theodora, bapt. 25, Sept. 1604.

xhi. Henry, b. abt. 1606; d. in Maine in New England shortly before
10 May 1683; m. Margaret Cammock, widow of Capt. Thomas,
his intimate friend, who in 1640 conveyed to him, at his death, all
save five hundred acres of his lands at Black Point, Scarborough,
Me. Margaret Josselyn was living as late as 12 May 1680.
Henry Josselyn was a student at Corpus Christi College, Cam-
bridge, in 1623. He was sent by Capt. John Mason to New
England, where he arrived as early as 1634. By 1638 he had
settled at Black Point. In 1636 he was appointed by Sir Ferdi-
nando Gorges steward-general, and in 1645 became deputy-
governor of Maine. He took the oath of allegiance to the Massa-
chusetts Bay government in 1658, and in 1661 was appointed by
King Charles H one of the commissioners to have charge of the
Province. Owing to the Indian raids he moved from Black Point
to Pemaquid, Me. He is not known to have had any children, t

xiv. John, b. abt. 1608; d. s.p. after 1675. He was a traveller, writer,
and naturalist. He sailed with his father for New England in the
ship Nicholas, alias the New Supply, arriving in July 1638,
visited his brother Henry at Black Point, and returned to England
in Oct. 1639. He made the voyage to New England again in
1663, staying with his brother until Dec. 1671, when he went back

* In Feb. 1622/3 Benjamin and Edward, sons of Sir Thomas Josselyn by bis wife
Dorothy Frank, sued the executor of their uncle, Peter Frank, for a bequest left to
them, being two of the nine children of said Dorothy. They stated that they came of
age ' ' about a month ago, " and therefore they were born about Jan. 1601 /2. (Chancery
Proceedings, James I, Bundle 1. 2, no. 13.) The date 19 May 1602 is given in the intro-
duction by Professor Tuckerman to his edition of John Josselyn's New-Englands
Rarities Discovered, published in Boston in 1865, but, if their mother died 17 May
1602, this can hardly be correct.

t For Henry Josselyn (25, xiii) vide Registeb, vol. 2, pp. 204-206, vol. 11, pp. 31-34,
and vol. 40, pp. 290-293. Cf. also Dictionary of National Biography.

A Henry Josselyn married (1) at Gloucester, Mass., 4 June 1678, Bridget Day,
who died 7 Sept. 1684; married (2) at Gloucester, 9 Nov. 1685, Mary Lambert. He
was living at Gloucester as late as 1721. Children: 1. Henry. 2. Ebenezer. 3.
Margaret. 4. Mary. 5. Constantine. 6. Benjamin. 7. Mercy. His parentage
is unknown.

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to England. In 1672 he published his book entitled "New-
Englands Rarities Discovered: in Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Serpents,
and Plants of that Country."* He also wrote "An Account of
Two Voyages to New-England," of which two editions (in 1674
and 1675) were published in his lifetime.!
xv. Thomaztne, b. abt. 1610.

26. Ralph 20 Josselyn (John, 19 Ralph, 13 Ralph, 11 John, 11 Jeffrey, 1 * Jeffrey 1 *),
of Roxwell, co. Essex, yeoman, the testator of 1626, born probably at
Chignal-Smealy, co. Essex, about 1556, was buried at Roxwell 19 Mar.
1631/2. He married first, at Roxwell, 21 May 1583, Mart Bright;

and secondly Dorothy , who survived him and was buried at

Roxwell 16 Oct. 1634.
Children: |

27. i. John," b. abt. 1584.

ii. Mary, bapt. at Roxwell, co. Essex, 4 Sept. 1586; living 9 May 1622,
when she is mentioned in a Chancery deposition;! m. (1) Thomas
Sbarle of Northweald Basset, co. Essex; m. (2) before 9 May
1622 John Benton of co. Norfolk. She had issue by her second
husband.

iii. Agnes or Anne, bapt. at Roxwell, co. Essex, 25 Aug. 1588; living
in 1642, when she is mentioned m the will of her brother Joseph;
m. (1) at Roxwell, 30 Jan. 1616/17, Samuel Hutt; m. (2)
Daniel Hudson of Epping, co. Essex, clothier, who was living
in 1646. Children by second husband: 1. Daniel. 2. Simon.
3. William. 4. Elizabeth 5. John.

iv. Ralph, of Moreton, Roxwell, and Cranham, co. Essex, yeoman, the
testator of 1656, bapt. at Roxwell 8 July 1590; d. between 21 Mar.
1656/7 and 23 Dec. 1657; m. at Bobbingworth, co. Essex, 29 Nov.
1626, Grace Leggate, whom he survived. He lived at Moreton
for a few years after his marriage; but after his father's death, in
accordance with the latter's will, he returned to Roxwell, where he
and his famil y dwelt in his father's house, with his mother, his
uncle Simon, and his sister Elizabeth. After his mother's death
he removed to Cranham, where he occupied Cranham Hall until
his death. In 1646 he was engaged in litigation with his brother
Richard and brother-in-law Daniel Hudson, the executors of his
brother Joseph's will, regarding some of their father's lands in
Roxwell.|| _ In 1648 he was an elder elected by the congregation
for the parish of Cranham. Children: 1. Ralph, n bapt. at More-
ton 14 Dec. 1630; bur. there 15 Dec. 1630. 2. Samuel, bapt. at
Moreton 19 Mar. 1631/2; bur. at Roxwell 20 Feb. 1634/5. 3.
Anne, bapt. at Roxwell 9 Aug. 1633; bur. there 7 Apr. 1635. 4.
Dorothy, b., probably at Cranham, abt. 1635; living unm. in
1656. 5. Grace, b., probably at Cranham, abt. 1637; m. be-
tween 27 Nov. 1656 and 21 Mar. 1656/7 Robert Johnson. 6.
Elizabeth, b., probably at Cranham, abt. 1639; perhaps the Eliz-
abeth who m. at Chelmsford, co. Essex, 23 Oct. 1657, Robert
Lukyn.

28. v. Thomas, probably b. at Roxwell, co. Essex, late in 1591.

vi. Simon, of East Hanningfield, co. Essex, yeoman, the testator of
1649, b. abt. 1594; d. between 28 Sept. 1649 and 6 Feb. 1655/6;

m. (1) ; m. (2) at Roxwell, co. Essex, 2 Feb. 1629/30,

Anne Avecroft or Ecroft, whom he survived, dau. of Peter, i

* New-Englands Rarities has been reprinted with notes by Edward Tuckerman,
Boston, 1865.

t An Account of Two Voyages has been reprinted by the Massachusetts Historical
Society (3 Collections, vol. 3) and again at Boston in 1865.

t Lack of evidence makes it impossible to determine which wife was the mother of
each child.

Vide supra, p. 232.
Vide supra, pp. 230-232.

From the will of Simon Josselyn (vide supra, p. 30) it is to be inferred that he had
two wives, and that his son Simon was his child by his first wife.

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He and his brother Ralph were sued twice by their brother
Richard and brother-in-law Daniel Hudson, who were executors
of the will of Simon's brother Joseph.* In 1648 he was an elder
elected by the congregation for the parish of East Hanningfield.
Child by first wife: 1. Simon,* 2 b. not later than 1628; living in
1655/6, when he proved his father's will; devisee of the ancestral
farm of Bollinghatch. Children by second wife, all living in
1649: 2. Peter, b. abt. 1631. 3. Anne, b. abt. 1633. 4. Sarah,
b. abt. 1635. 5. Grace, b. abt. 1637.

vii. Dorothy, b. abt. 1596; bur. at Roxwell, co. Essex, 17 Jan. 1606/7.

viii. RiCHABD, of Roxwell and of Epping, co. Essex, yeoman, b. abt. •
1598; living in 1656, when he witnessed his brother Ralph's will;

m. (1) Anne , who was bur. at Roxwell 12 Nov. 1639; m.

(2) . In 1646 he, with his brother-in-law, Daniel Hudson,

brought suit against his brothers Ralph and Simon Josselyn.f
Child by first wife: 1. Francis, 111 bapt. at Roxwell 14 Oct. 1637.
Child by second wife: 2. Theba, bapt. at Roxwell 3 Oct. 1643.

ix. Joseph, of Cranham, co. Essex, yeoman, the testator of 1642, bapt.
at Roxwell, co. Essex, 6 June 1600; d. s.p. between 1 and 6 Dec.
1645.

x. Nathaniel, bapt. at Roxwell, co. Essex, 29 Sept. 1602; living in co.
Norfolk in 1636 and 1639, when he is mentioned in the diary of his
nephew, Rev. Ralph Josselin (27, iii); overseer of his brother
Simon's will in 1649.

xi. Elizabeth, bapt. at Roxwell, co. Essex, 23 Sept. 1604; living in
1626, when she is mentioned in her father's will; probably d.
before 7 Nov. 1642, as she is not mentioned in the will of her
brother Joseph.

27. John 21 Josselyn (Ralph,™ John, 19 Ralph, 18 Ralph, 17 John 16 Jeffrey, 16
i , Jeffrey 1 *), of Chalk End in Roxwell, co. Essex, Bishops-Stortford, co.

Herts, and Bumpstead, co. Essex, born about 1584, died at Bump-
stead 28 Oct. 1635, and was buried there 30 Oct. 1635. He married

first Anne , who was buried at Bishops-Stortford 29 Nov.

1624; and secondly, about 1630, Helen , who survived him.

His father gave him lands valued at £800, including Chalk End,
which still exists as a name in Roxwell, but these he sold, and moved
about 1619 to Bishops-Stortford, where he was a maltster. About
1631 he moved to Bumpstead, where he engaged in farming and lost
the rest of his estate.
Children by first wife:

i. Mary, 22 bapt. at Roxwell, co. Essex, 30 June 1611; probably d.
young.

ii. Dorothy, b. probably abt. 1613; living at Saffron-Walden, co.
Essex, in 1645; perhaps m. HoDSON.t She had issue.

iii. Rev. Ralph, vicar of Earl's Colne, co. Essex, the testator of 1683,
b. at Chalk End in Roxwell, co. Essex, 26 Jan. 1616/17; d.,
probably at Earl's Colne, between 29 July and 5 Nov. 1683;
m. at Olney, co. Bucks, 28 Oct. 1640, Jane Constable oi
Olney, who survived him. He was prepared for college by Mr.
Leigh of Bishops-Stortford, co. Herts, and entered Jesus College,
Cambridge, as a pensioner, in 1633. He took his degree of B.A.
in 1636/7, was usher in Mr. Neale's school at Dean, co. Beds,
1637-1639, curate at Olney, co. Bucks, and assistant in the school,
1639-40, was ordained deacon in Dec. 1639, and was made priest
at Peterborough, co. Northampton, in Feb. 1639/40. He re-
ceived the degree of M.A. at Cambridge in the spring of 1640,

* Vide supra, pp. 230-232.

t Vide supra, pp. 230-232. _ A Richard Joseland was a freeman at Say brook, Conn.,
in 1669. Was he identical with this Richard Josselyn?

t Rev. Ralph Josselin, her brother, in his diary for 25 Oct. 1636, mentions "brother
Hodson."

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preached at Cranham, co. Essex, the home of his uncle Ralph,
and taught school at Upminster, co. Essex, from Nov. 1640 to
Mar. 1640/1, and was then presented to the living of Earl's Colne
by Richard Harlakenden of the Priory, Earl's Colne.* This
living he retained until his death, being also for part of the time
master of the grammar school there. His diary, which he seems to
have begun in 1644, contains much that is interesting.! He men-
tions the death of the son of his cousin Abraham (28, ii) and later
the visit of Abraham to England. The letters which he tells of
writing to New England were probably to his uncle Thomas (28)
and to his cousins there. He made various collections for New
England and for the education of the Indians there. Like the
rest of the family, he was a Puritan; but he managed to escape
the penalties for refusing to wear the surplice until near the end
of his life, when he records that he wore the surplice, "which I
see no sin to use." During the Civil War he was chaplain to Col.
William Harlakenden's regiment, preached the assize sermon at
Chelmsford, co. Essex, in 1646, and in 1652 and 1659/60 preached
at St. Paul's Cathedral by request of the lord mayor of London.
The executions of Archbishop Laud and King Charles, the siege
of Colchester, the Great Plague, and the Great Fire of London
are also mentioned by him. He was involved in a lawsuit with
his uncles over a portion of the ancestral property at Roxwell,
which he finally obtained by a compromise and by the payment
of £100.J One of his parishioners left him her lands, and by care-
ful business dealings he amassed a considerable estate, so that he
was able to give to his daughters generous portions on their
marriages. Children, b. at Earl's Colne: 1. Mary, 73 b. 12 Apr.
1642 and bapt. 14 Apr. 1642; d. at Earl's Colne 27 May 1650;
bur. in the chancel of the church of Earle's Colne 28 May 1650.
2. Thomas, a shopkeeper at Earle's Colne, b. 30 Dec. 1643 and
bapt. 14 Jan. 1643/4; d. s.p. at Earl's Colne 15 June 1673. 3.
Jane, b. 22 June 1645; survived her father; m. 30 Aug. 1670
Jonathan Woodthorp of Earl's Colne, tanner; lived later at
Lexden, co. Essex; had issue. 4. Ralph, b. 11 Feb. 1647/8; d.
at Earl's Colne 21 Feb. 1647/8. 5. Ralph, b. 5 May 1649; d.
at Earl's Colne 2 June 1650; bur. in the chancel of the church of
Earl's Colne 4 June 1650. 6. John, b. 19 Sept. 1651; survived

his father; m. 16 Oct. 1681 . 7. Anne, b. 18 Jan. 1652/3;

d. at Earl's Colne 31 July 1673. 8. Mary, b. in 1657: survived
her father; m. 10 Apr. 1683 Edward Day, a tallow chandler of
St. Martin in the Fields, London. 9. Elizabeth, b. 20 June 1660;
survived her father; m. at Lexden, co. Essex, 5 June 1677,
Gilbert Smith of London. 10. Rebecca, b. 26 Nov. 1663; sur-
vived her father; m. 6 May 1683 Spicer.

iv. Anne or Hannah, b. abt. 1617; living in 1642, when she is men-
tioned in her uncle Joseph's will; m. , and lived at Saffron-

Walden, co. Essex. She had issue.

v. Maey, bapt. at Bishops-Stortford, co. Herts, 12 Oct. 1619; living
in 1650: waiting woman to Lady Harlakenden at the Priory,
Earl's Colne, co. Essex.

vi. Rebecca, bapt. at Bishops-Stortford, co. Herts, 28 Nov. 1624;
probably d. young.

Child by second wife:
vii. Rebecca, bapt. at Bishops-Stortford 20 Jan. 1630/1; probably d.
young, as she is not mentioned in the will of her uncle Joseph in
1642.

* Richard Harlakenden was brother of Roger Harlakenden, the emigrant to New
England, and of Mabel, wife of Gov. John Haynes of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
and of Connecticut, and he was himself a proprietor of Cambridge, Mass., in 1638.

t Vide supra, pp. 233-235, with footnote to p. 233.

t Vide supra, pp. 231-232 and 234-235.

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28. Thomas 21 Josselyn (Ralph, 20 John, 13 Ralph, 19 Ralph, 17 John, 16 Jef-
frey, 16 Jeffrey 1 *), of Roxwell, co. Essex, and Barham, co. Suffolk,
England, and of Hingham and Lancaster, Mass., probably born at
Roxwell late in 1591, died at Lancaster 3 Jan. 1660/1. He married,

in England, about 1615, Rebecca , who survived him aDd

married secondly, at Lancaster, 16 May 1664, William Kerley of
Lancaster. She evidently died before her second husband, as in
the will of the latter, dated 26 July 1669 and proved 19 July 1670,
she is not mentioned.

Thomas Joslin, as he spelled the name, probably received his
portion of his father's estate at the time of his marriage, as his
father, in his will of 1626, bequeathed to him only £5. As the bap-
tisms of his children are not recorded in the parish registers of Rox-
well, it is certain that he was not living there when his children
were born. He was of Barham, co. Suffolk, just before his emi-
gration to New England, and his daughter Mary was baptized
at Barham 16 Mar. 1633/4. In Apr. 1635 he embarked for New
England in the Increase of London, the passenger list containing
the names of Tho: Jostlin, husbandman, aged 43, Rebecca his wife,
aged 43, Eliza: Ward, a maid servant, aged 38, and the follow-
ing children of the said Tho: Jostlin: Rebecca, aged 18, Dorothy,
aged 11, Nathaniell, aged 8, Eliza, aged 6, and Mary, aged 1.* On
his arrival in New England he settled in Hingham, where he was a
proprietor and town officer, and bought land of his son-in-law
Thomas Nichols in 1638. He and his son Nathaniel sold their lands
at Hingham 11 Mar. 1652/3 to George Lane and Moses Collier, and
removed to Lancaster, where Thomas signed the civil compact
12 Nov. 1654. In his will, dated 9 May 1660 and proved 2 Apr.
1661, he appoints his wife Rebecca executrix, and mentions his sons
Abraham and Nathaniel, grandson Abraham (son of Abraham), and
daughters Rebecca Nichols, wife of Thomas, Mary Sumner, wife of
Roger, and Elizabeth "Emons."

It has been supposed by some writers that the kinship between
Thomas Joslin or Josselyn and the more noted Henry Josselyn and
John Josselyn of Maine was very close, one writer representing
Thomas as the elder half brother of Henry and John.f Although this
kinship was a somewhat distant one, in old historic families like the
Josselyns the ties of blood were strong, and as Torrell's Hall, the
ancestral home of Henry and John, was but a mile from Bollinghatch
in Roxwell, where Thomas Joslin passed his youth, it seems certain
that they were well known to one another. It also seems probable
that, having no children of his own to inherit his property, Henry
Josselyn induced his kinsman Thomas to send to him his eldest son
Abraham, intending to make him his heir. Abraham certainly went
to Scarborough, Me., and lived there for seven years. Whether he
quarrelled with his kinsman or tired of the wilderness is not clear,
but he returned to his relatives in Lancaster. He died several years
before his kinsman Henry, and it is not known what disposition was
made of the property of the latter.

* Cf. Drake's Founders of New England, p. 20, and Hotten's Original Lists,
p. 55.

t In 1886 Mr. William M. Sargent communicated to the Registeb (vol. 40, p. 293)
the conjecture of a member of the Josselyn family of Ipswich, co. Suffolk, Eng., that
Thomas Josselyn, son of Ralph [26] of Roxwell, co. Essex, was identical with the
Thomas Josselyn who emigrated to New England in 1635. This conjecture, however,
was at that time unsupported by proof, and the member of the family who made it
admitted also that he could not trace " the origin of this branch of the Josselyn family,
nor its connection, if any, with the Torrel's Hall branch."

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Children, born in England:*

i. Rebecca, 28 b. abt. 1616; emigrated with her parents to New Eng-
land in' 1635; d. at Hingham, Mass., 22 Sept. 1675; m. abt.
1638 Thomas Nichols of Scituate in the Plymouth Colony and
of Hingham, Mass., farmer, b. in England, d. at Hingham 8 Nov.

1696, having m. (2) 23 Sept. 1681 Dorcas , who d. 15 Oct.

1694. Children, b. or bapt. at Hingham: 1. Thomas, b. abt.
1639; bapt. in Jan. 1643/4; m. at Scituate, 25 May 1663, Sarah
Whiston, dau. of John; nine children. 2. Rebecca, b. abt. 1641;
bapt. in Jan. 1643/4; m. at Scituate, 15 Mar. 1664/5, Samuel
House, e. of Samuel; five children. 3. Elizabeth, b. abt. 1643;
bapt. in Jan. 1643/4; m. at Hingham, 18 Oct. 1666, Robert
Greene; one child. 4. Hannah, bapt. 18 Feb. 1645/6. 5.
Ephraim, of Hingham, bapt. 14 May 1648; d. at Hingham 20

May 1693; m. at Hingham, 15 Feb. 1675/6, Abigail ;

eight children. 6. Israel, of Hingham, weaver, bapt. 1 Sept.
1650; d. at Hingham 24 Jan. 1733/4: m. (1) at Hingham, 26

Sept. 1679, Mary , who d. at Hingham 26 Mar. 1688; m.

(2) at Milton, Mass., 10 Jan. 1688/9, his first cousin, Mary Sum-
ner (28, vi, 4), b. at Lancaster, Mass., 5 Aug. 1665, d. at Hingham
27 Feb. 1723/4, dau. of Roger and Mary (Josselyn); m. (3) at
Hingham, 24 June 1725, Rebecca (Lincoln) Clark, b. at Hingham
11 Mar. 1673/4, d. there 4 Feb. 1757, dau. of Samuel and Martha
Lincoln and widow of John Clark of Plymouth, Mass.; five
children by first wife and ten children by second wife. 7. Na-
thaniel, bapt. 3 July 1653; d. at Pembroke, Mass., abt. 1730/1;
m. at Hingham, 16 Apr. 1687, Sarah Lincoln, b. there 7 Sept.
1664, d. at Pembroke in Nov. 1748, dau. of Daniel and Susanna;
he lived at Hingham until 1715, when he moved to Pembroke;
four children. 8. Mary, bapt. 3 July 1653. 9. Sarah, b. 15
July 1655. 10. Charily, b. 3 May 1658. 11. Patience, b. 25
Dec. 1660; d. at Hingham 16 Oct. 1709; m. (1) at Hingham John
Andrews, b. at Hingham 30 Sept. 1658, d. there 2 July 1695, s. of
Thomas and Ruth; m. (2) at Hingham, 12 Feb. 1695/6, Joseph
Beal, b. at Hingham 7 Jan. 1671/2, d. there 12 Sept. 1737, s. of
Caleb and Elizabeth (Huet); three children by first husband and
one child by second husband.

ii. Abraham, mariner, b. abt. 1619; d. at sea, off the coast of Virginia,
in the ship Good Fame of New York, between 16 Mar. 1669/70,
when he made his will, and 7 Apr. 1670, when his will was proved
at Fort James, Province of New York;f m. Beatrice Hampson,
b. in England abt. 1623, d. in Boston, Mass., and bur. 11 Jan.
1711/12, aged 88, dau. of Philip, citizen and merchant tailor of
London, who in his will, dated 2 June 1654 and proved 4 July
1654, makes bequests to bis daughter Beatrice Josselyne, her
husband Abraham Josselin, and their children Abraham and
Philip, the death of the latter nearly two years previously and
the birth of another son being apparently unknown to him.J
Abraham Joslin may have had an earlier wife, the mother of his
son whose death is recorded in the diary of Rev. Ralph Josselin,
1 Sept. 1644,§ and he may have married Beatrice Hampson on his
trip to England in the following year. Beatrice (Hampson)
Josselyn survived her husband and m. (2) at Lancaster, Mass.,
16 Nov. 1671, Sergt. Benjamin Bosworth. It is not known when
Abraham Josselyn emigrated to New England, but he lived

* The articles about the children and grandchildren of Thomas Josselyn (28), pub-
lished in Register, vol. 2, pp. 306-310, and vol. 3, p. 97, should be corrected by the
statements made in this article.

t A certified copy of this will is in the Middlesex (Mass.) Probate Files.

X For abstract of this will see Register, vol. 47, p. 419, or Waters's Genealogical
Gleanings in England, vol. 1, p. 765. Anne, daughter of the testator's late brother
Richard Hampson, who is mentioned in the will, may be the Ann Hampson who wit-
nessed the will of Ralph Josselyn (26, iv), Abraham's uncle, in 1656.

§ Vide supra, p. 233.

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first at Hingham, Mass., and when his parents and brother moved
to Lancaster, Mass., he moved to Black Point or Scarborough,
Me., where his kinsman Henry Josselyn was living. About 1659
he sold his property in Scarborough, which included a hill referred
to in deeds as Abraham Josselyn 's "great hill," and removed to
Boston about 1660. By 1663 he had rejoined the rest of the
family at Lancaster, which was his residence until his death. In
his will he mentions his wife, his eldest son Abraham, and his son
Henry, whom he desires to be good to his brothers and to take
one of them to learn his trade. Children: 1. A sonP (perhaps
by an earlier marriage), d. before 1 Sept. 1644. 2. Abraham,.
bapt. at Hingham 8 May 1649; killed by Indians in the attack
on Lancaster, 10 Feb. 1675/6, aged 26 years; m. at Lancaster, 29
Nov. 1672, Ann Hudson, b. at Lancaster 1 Jan. 1648/9, dau. of
Daniel, Sr.;* she and her two-year-old dau. Beatrice, her only
child, were carried into captivity by the. Indians after the attack
on Lancaster, and both were subsequently killed. 3. Philip,
bapt. at Hingham 15 Dec. 1650; d. in Boston 2 Aug. 1652. 4.
Henry, blacksmith, b., probably at Scarborough, abt. 1652; d.
at Hanover, Mass., 30 Oct. 1730; m. at Scituate in the Plymouth
Colony, 4 Nov. 1676, Abigail Stockbridge, b. at Charlestown,
Mass., 24 Feb. 1660/1, d. 15 July 1743, dau. of Dea. Charles and
Abigail (Pierce) ; perhaps he was left behind at Scarborough with
Henry Josselyn, the kinsman for whom he was named, when his
parents returned to Massachusetts in 1659, for he is said to have
moved to Scituate from Scarborough in 1669; fourteen children.
5. Rebecca, b., probably at Scarborough, between 1654 and 1658;
d. in Mar. 1712/13; m. (1) John Crowkham of Boston, who d. in
1678; m. (2) in 1679 Thomas Harris of Boston, butcher; m. (3)
in Boston, 8 Oct. 1700, Edward Stevens of Boston; eight children
by second husband. 6. Thomas, blacksmith, b., probably at
Scarborough, between 1654 and 1658; a juror at Plymouth 7 July
1680; living 6 July 1686 in the constablewick of Little Compton
(now in Rhode Island), when sued for debt; living in Seaconnet,
Mass. (now Little Compton, R. I.), 26 Jan. 1693/4, when he joined
with his brothers, Henry of Scituate, blacksmith, and Joseph of
Hingham, miller, in quitckiming to their brother-in-law, Thomas
Harris, all their rights in land at Lancaster; perhaps he or his
son was the Thomas Josling who was made freeman of Kingstown,
R. I., in 1722. 7. Nathaniel, b. in Boston 4 July 1660; d., prob-
ably at Lancaster, 8 June 1667.f 8. Joseph, of Hingham,
Bridgewater, and Abington, Mass., miller, b. at Lancaster 26
July 1663; d. at Abington, Mass., 5 Sept. 1726; m. (1) 17 Mar.
1686/7 Hannah Farrow, b. at Hingham 8 Dec. 1667, dau. of John
and Mary (Hilliard); m. (2) at Bridgewater, Mass., 5 Mar.
1701/2, Sarah Ford, b. at Weymouth, Mass., 28 May 1672, d. at
Abington 3 Dec. 1734, dau. of Andrew and Eleanor; he was
captured by Indians in the attack on Lancaster in Feb. 1675/6,
in which his brother Abraham was killed, and with his sister-in-
law and little niece was carried into captivity, but he was released

* Middlesex (Mass.) Court Files.

t The Middlesex (Mass.) court records give this death as that of Nathaniel son of
"Nath. Josline," but this is obviously an error. Nathaniel Josselyn (28, iv) had a sou
Nathaniel, who. was born 21 June 1658 and died 5 Mar. 1726/7, and he could not have
been identical with the boy Nathaniel who died 8 June 1667. If it is conjectured that
the Nathaniel who was born 21 June 1658 did die 8 June 1667, and that his parents
named a younger son, who lived until 1726/7, Nathaniel, then this younger Nathaniel,
born probably at least a year after 8 June 1667 (unless he were twin with the daughter
Elizabeth, who was born 7 June 1667), would be too young to marry Esther Morse on
8 Feb. 1682/3. Yet it is certain that the Nathaniel who married Esther Morse was
son of Nathaniel (28, iv) and Sarah (King), for in 1703/4 Nathaniel and Esther sell land
formerly belonging to their grandfather Thomas King. It seems, therefore, clear that
it was Nathaniel son of Abraham who died 8 June 1667, especially as there is no other
record of him after his birth record and as he does not appear with his brothers in the
quitclaim deed of 1693/4 {vide supra, 28, ii, 6).

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by Borne friendly IndianB, who took him to Norwich, Conn., 30
May 1676; three children by first wife and four children by second
wife. 9. Mary, b. at Lancaster 14 Dec. 1666.

iii. Dorothy, b. abt. 1623; brought by her parents to New England in
1635; d. unm. at Roxbury, Mass., 2 Dec. 1645. She entered the
service of Gov. Thomas Dudley of the Massachusetts Bay Colony,
with whom she remained until her death.

iv. Nathaniel, b. abt. 1626; brought by his parents to New England
in 1635; d. at Marlborough, Mass., 8 Apr. 1694; m. in 1656
Sarah King, who d. at Marlborough 2 July 1706 ; dau. of Thomas
and Anne. On 11 Mar. 1652/3 he joined with his father in a sale
of their lands at Hingham, Mass., and then moved with his
parents to Lancaster, Mass. He took the freeman's oath at
Lancaster 8 Oct. 1672. After the massacre by the Indians there
in 1675/6 he moved to Marlborough, where he spent the remain-
der of his life. Children, the first six b. at Lancaster: 1. A child,* 3
b. 15 July 1657; d. 16 July 1657. 2. Nathaniel, weaver, b. 21
June 1658; d. at Marlborough 5 Mar. 1726/7;* m. at Marl-
borough, 8 Feb. 1682/3, Esther Morse, b. 11 Sept. 1664, d. at
Marlborough 27 Aug. 1725, dau. of Joseph and Susanna (Shat-
tuck); he took the oath of allegiance at Marlborough 18 Apr. 1690;
fourteen children. 3. Sarah, b. 15 July 1660; living unm. 16
Mar. 1702/3. 4. Dorothy, b. 4 Mar. 1661/2; m. John Johnson
of Lancaster. 5. Peter, b. 22 Feb. 1665/6; d. 8 Apr. 1759; bur.
at Leominster, Mass.; m. (1) Sarah How, who, with her children,
was killed by Indians at Lancaster 18 July 1692, dau. of John and

Elizabeth; m. (2) Joanna , who d. at Lancaster 24 Sept.

1717, in her 44th year; m. (3) Hannah , who d. 14 Aug.

1739, in her 71st year; m. (4) Martha (Prescott) Wheeler, who a.
at Lancaster 21 May 1748, in her 69th year, dau. of John Prescott
and widow of Josiah Wheeler; he lived at Lancaster, where he was
captain and deacon; four children by first wife and at least seven
children by second wife. 6. Elizabeth, b. 7 June 1667; living unm.
16 Mar. 1702/3. 7. Rebecca, b. 14 May 1672; d. at Marlborough
22 Sept. 1731; m. John How of Marlborough, who d. there 19
May 1754; at least ten children. 8. Martha, m. at Marlborough,
1 Mar. 1698/9, Isaac Temple of Concord, Mass.. b. at Concord 28
Feb. 1678/9, s. of Abraham and Deborah (Hadlock).

v. Elizabeth, b. abt. 1628; brought by her parents to New England
in 1635; m. (1) in Boston, 21 June 1652, Edward Yeomans or
Emmons; m. (2) in Boston, 9 May 1662, Edward Kilbt. Child
by first husband: 1. Edward, b. in Boston 6 May 1657.

vi. Mart, bapt. at Barham, co. Suffolk, Eng., 16 Mar. 1633/4; brought
by her parents to New England in 1635; d. at Milton, Mass., 21
Aug. 1711, in her 78th year; m. in 1656 Dea. Roger Sumner, b.
at Bicester, co. Oxford, Eng., in 1632, d. at Milton, Mass., 26
May 1698, aged 66, s. of William and Mary. After her marriage
Mary (Josselyn) Sumner lived at Dorchester, Lancaster, and
Milton, Mass. Children: 1. Abigail, b. at Dorchester 16 Nov.
1657; d. there 19 Feb. 1657/8. 2. Samuel, b. at Dorchester 5
Feb. 1658/9; probably d. in 1690 in the expedition against
Canada, in which he served as ensign in Capt. Withington's
company; m. at Milton, 15 Mar. 1683/4, Experience Blake, dau.
of William and Agnes, who m. (2) Eleazer Carver of Taunton,
Mass.; three children. 3. Waitstill, of Milton, b. at Lancaster
20 Dec. 1661; d. 19 Mar. 1748/9; m. at Milton, 29 Dec. 1679,
Dea. Manasseh Tucker of Milton, who d. there 8 Apr. 1743, in
his 89th year; six children. 4. Mary, b. at Lancaster 5 Aug.
1665; d. at Hingham, Mass., 27 Feb. 1723/4; m. at Milton, 10
Jan. 1688/9, as his second wife, her first cousin, Israel Nichols of
Hingham, weaver (28, i, 6, q.v.), bapt. at Hingham 1 Sept. 1650;
d. there 24 Jan. 1733/4, s. of Thomas and Rebecca (Josselyn);
ten children. 5. Jaazaniah, b. at Lancaster 11 Apr. 1668;

* Vide supra, p. 255, footnote.

1917] Descendants of Jonathan Hyde 257

probably d. in 1690 in the expedition against Canada, in which
he served as a private. 6. Rebecca, b. at Lancaster 9 Oct. 1671;
J m. (1) at Hingham, Mass., 27 Jan. 1696/7, Aaron Hobart, bapt.

at Hingham 25 Aug. 1661, drowned 3 Mar. 1704/5, s. of Thomas;
m. (2) Edward Derby of Weymouth, Mass., who d. 6 Jan. 1723/4:
four children by first husband and at least one child by second
husband. 7. William, of Milton, b. at Lancaster 26 Jan. 1673/4;
d. at Roxbury, Mass., 22 Dec. 1738; m. at Milton, 2 June 1697,
Esther Puffer, who d. at Milton 27 June 1748, dau. of Matthias
of Dorchester; seven children. 8. Ebenezer, of Milton, b. at
Dorchester 28 May 1678; d. at Milton 12 Feb. 1752; m. at Mil-'
ton, 14 Mar. 1700/1, Elizabeth Clapp, b. at Dorchester 22 May
1676, d. at Milton 3 Mar. 1763, dau. of Nathaniel and Elizabeth
(Smith); seven children.

— Elizabeth French.]

[To be continued]

FOUR GENERATIONS OF DESCENDANTS

OF
JONATHAN HYDE OF NEWTON, MASS.

By Hon. William Henbt Haerison Stowell of Amherst, Mass.

1. Sergt. Jonathan 1 Hyde, younger brother of Dea. Samuel Hyde,
whose descendants for four generations form the subject of an article
in the Register of April 1917,* was born, probably in England,
about 1626,t and died intestate at Newton, Mass., 5 Oct. 1711, aged
85. In Apr. 1639 he embarked in the ship Jonathan, bound from
London for Boston, his elder brother Samuel crossing the Atlantic
in the same ship with him, and in 1647 he settled at Cambridge
Village (now Newton), Mass.J He married first Mary French,
born in England about 1633, died at Cambridge 27 May 1672, aged
39, daughter of Lieut. William and Elizabeth of Billerica; and
secondly, at Cambridge, 8 Jan. 1673/4, Mary Rediat, born prob-
ably at Sudbury about 1650, died at Newton 5 Sept. 1708, daughter
of John and Ann (Dolt) of Marlborough.

With his brother Samuel he bought 40 acres of land in 1647 from
Thomas Danforth and 200 acres in 1652 from the heirs of Nathaniel
Sparhawk. This land was held in common by the two brothers until
3 May 1661, when it was divided between them. (Middlesex Deeds,
vol. 3, fo. 321.) He and his first wife, Mary, were received into full
communion in the church 8 Jan. 1661/2, and he was admitted as a
freeman 27 May 1663. He made a marriage contract with John
Rediat, the father of his second wife, 2 Jan. 1673/4. (lb., vol. 6, fo.
169.) In 1691 he was selectman of Newton. On 7 Mar. 1707

* Vide supra, pp. 144-153. The introductory paragraph of the article on Descend-
ants of Samuel Hyde is applicable also to this article on Descendants of Jonathan
Hyde.

t According to Pope's Pioneers of Massachusetts he deposed 2 (1) 1673, aged 47
years.

J All places mentioned in this article are situated within the present limits of the
State of Massachusetts, unless another State or region is indicated in. the text or may
be easily inferred from the context.

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[? 1707/8] he conveyed land to his son-in-law John Osland and the
latter's wife Sarah. On 7 Dec. 1710, less than a year before his
death, he conveyed lands in Newton to his children John, Samuel,
Daniel, Joseph, and Jonathan Hides, and to the widow and children
of Ichabod Hide